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ENGR.

Ghulam Hussain
B.E

(ELECTRONICS)

MUET JAMSHORO, SINDH, PAKISTAN.

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History of the Op-Amp


Before the Op-Amp: Harold S. Black develops
the feedback amplifier for the Western
Electric Company (1920-1930)

Forward
Gain

Input

Output

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History of the Op-Amp


The

Vacuum Tube Age


The First Op-Amp: (1930 1940) Designed
by Karl Swartzel for the Bell Labs M9 gun
director
Uses 3 vacuum tubes, only one input, and
350 V to attain a gain of 90 dB
Loebe Julie then develops an Op-Amp with
two inputs: Inverting and Non-inverting

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History of the Op-Amp


The

end of Vacuum Tubes was built


up during the 1950s-1960s to the
advent of solid-state electronics

1.The

Transistor
2.The Integrated Circuit
3.The Planar Process
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History of the Op-Amp


1960s:

beginning of the Solid State


Op-Amp

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Operational Amplifier Basics


As

well as resistors and capacitors,Operational


Amplifiers, orOp-ampsas they are more commonly
called, are one of the basic building blocks of
Analogue Electronic Circuits.

Operational

amplifiersare linear devices.

that

have all the properties required for nearly


ideal DC amplification.

Used

extensively in
signal conditioning
Filtering
or to perform mathematical operations such
as add, subtract, integration and
differentiation.
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An

Operational Amplifier (Op-Amp)


is an integrated circuit that uses
external voltage to amplify the input
through a very high gain.

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What is an Op-Amp? The


Layout
There

are 8 pins in a common


Op-Amp, like the 741 which is
used in many instructional
courses.

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What is an Op-Amp? The


Inside
The

actual count varies, but an


Op-Amp contains several
Transistors, Resistors, and a few
Capacitors and Diodes.

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Ideal Op-Amp
An

idealOperational Amplifieris
basically a three-terminal device
which consists of two high
impedance inputs,
theInverting Input, marked with a
negative or minus sign, (-)
the other one called theNoninverting Input, marked with a
positive or plus sign (+).
The third terminal represents
theOperational Amplifieroutput port
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which can both sink and
source either a11

Noninverting
+
Input
Output
Inverting
Input

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linear operational
amplifier

In linear op-amp output signal is the amplification


factor, known as the amplifiers gain (A) multiplied
by the value of the input signal and depending on
the nature of these input and output signals.
different classifications of operational amplifier gain.

VoltageVoltage in and Voltage out


CurrentCurrent in and Current out
TransconductanceVoltage in and Current

out
TransresistanceCurrent in and Voltage out

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Equivalent Circuit for Ideal Operational Amplifiers

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Op-amp Parameter and Idealized Characteristic

V1

Open

Loop Gain, (Avo) V2

Vo

Infinite The main function of an operational


amplifier is to amplify the input signal and
the more open loop gain it has the better.
Open-loop gain is the gain of the op-amp
without positive or negative feedback and for
an ideal amplifier the gain will be infinite but
typical real values range from about 20,000
to 200,000.
- Equal to differential gain
- Zero common-mode gain
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Input impedance, (Zin)


Infinite

Input impedance is the ratio


of input voltage to input current and is
assumed to be infinite to prevent any
current flowing from the source supply
into the amplifiers input circuitry (Iin
= 0).
Real op-amps have input leakage
currents from a few pico-amps to a
i
1~0
few milli-amps.+

i2~0

Vo

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Output impedance, (Zout)


Zero

The output impedance of the


ideal operational amplifier is assumed
to be zero.

acting as a perfect internal voltage source


with no internal resistance so that it can
supply as much current as necessary to the
load.
This internal resistance is effectively in
series with the load thereby reducing the
output voltage available to the load.
Rout
Real op-amps have output
impedances in
Vo'
Rload
the 100-20k range.

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Bandwidth, (BW)
Infinite

An ideal operational amplifier has


an infinite frequency response

and can amplify any frequency signal from DC to


the highest AC frequencies so it is therefore
assumed to have an infinite bandwidth.
With real op-amps, the bandwidth is limited by
the Gain-Bandwidth product (GB), which is equal
to the frequency where the amplifiers gain
becomes unity.
Unity Gain frequency f1: the gain at unity
Cutoff frequency fc: the gain drop by 3dB from dc
gain Gd. GB Product : f = G f

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Frequency-Gain Relation
(Voltage Gain)

Gd
0.707Gd

20log(0.707)=3
dB

1
0

fc

f1
(frequency)

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Offset Voltage, (Vio)


Zero

The amplifiers output will be


zero when the voltage difference
between the inverting and the noninverting inputs is zero, the same or
when both inputs are grounded.

Real

op-amps have some amount of output


offset voltage.

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TheVoltage

Gain(AV) of the
operational amplifier can be
found using the following
formula:

and

inDecibelsor (dB) is given

as:
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An Operational Amplifiers Bandwidth


The

operational amplifiers bandwidth is the


frequency range over which the voltage gain
of the amplifier is above70.7%or3dB(where 0dB is the maximum) of its
maximum output value as shown below.

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Operational Amplifier Example No1.


Using

the formula20log(A), we can


calculate the bandwidth of the amplifier
as:
37 = 20logA therefore,
- A = anti-log (3720)=70.8
GBPA = Bandwidth,therefore,
1,000,00070.8 = 14,124Hz, or 14kHz
Then the bandwidth of the amplifier at
a gain of 40dB is given as14kHzas
previously predicted from the graph.
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GB Product
Example:

Determine the cutoff frequency of


an op-amp having a unit gain frequency f1 =
10 MHz and voltage differential gain Gd =
20V/mV
(Voltage Gain)

Sol:

Since f1 = 10 MHz

? Hz

Gd
0.707Gd

By using GB production equation

f 1 = Gd f c

10MHz

fc = f1 / Gd = 10 MHz / 20 V/mV
1

= 10 106 / 20 103

= 500 Hz

fc

f1
(frequency)

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Single-Ended Input
+

~ Vi

+ terminal :
Source
terminal :
Ground
0o phase change

+ terminal :
Ground
terminal :
Source
180o phase
change
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Double-Ended Input
V

Differential input

0o phase shift change

~ V1
~

between Vo and Vd

Vd V V

Qu: What Vo should


be if, V2

Ans: (A or B) ?
(A)
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(B)
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Distortion
+V =+5V
cc

+5V
o

0
5V

V =5V
cc

The output voltage never excess the DC


voltage supply of the Op-Amp

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Common-Mode
Operation
Same voltage source is applied +
at both terminals

Ideally, two input are equally


Vi ~
amplified

Output voltage is ideally zero


due to differential voltage is
Note for differential circuits:
zero
Opposite inputs : highly amplifie

Common inputs : slightly amplifi


Practically, a small output
Common-Mode Rejection
signal can still be measured

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Common-Mode Rejection Ratio


(CMRR)

In

real amplifiers there is always some variation and


the ratio of the change to the output voltage with
regards to the change in the common mode input
voltage.

Differential voltage input :

Vd V V

Common voltage input :

Noninverting
+
Input

Output
Inverting
Input

1
(V V )
2
Output voltage : Common-mode rejection ratio:
Vc

V0 GdVd GcVc

Gd : Differential gain Note:

Gc : Common mode gain

CMMR

Gd
G
20 log10 d (dB)
Gc
Gc

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Ideal Vs Practical Op-Amp


Ideal

Practical

Open Loop gain A

105

Bandwidth BW

10-100Hz

Input Impedance Zin

>1M

10-100

Output Impedance Zout


Output Voltage Vout

Depends only
on Vd =
(V+V)
Differential
mode signal

CMRR

Vin

+ AVin

Ideal op-amp

Zout=0

Depends slightly
on average input
Vc = (V++V)/2
Common-Mode
signal

Vin

Zin

Vout

Practical op-amp

Zout
~

Vout

AVin

10-100dB
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Inverting Operational Amplifier


Why

we use Inverting Operational Amplifier?

theOpen

Loop Gain, (Avo) of an ideal


operational amplifier can be very high, as
much as 1,000,000 (120dB) or more.

this

very high gain is of no real use to us as


it makes the amplifier both unstable and
hard to control as the smallest of input
signals, just a few micro-volts, (V) would be
enough to cause the output voltage to
saturate and swing towards one or the other
of the voltage supply rails losing complete
control of the output.
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As

the open loop DC gain of anoperational


amplifiers is extremely high;
we can therefore afford to lose some of this high gain by
connecting a suitable resistor across the amplifier from
the output terminal back to the inverting input terminal to
both reduce and control the overall gain of the amplifier.
This then produces and effect known commonly as
Negative Feedback, and thus produces a very stable
Operational Amplifier based system.
we must feed it back to the negative or inverting input
terminal of the op-amp using an externalFeedback
ResistorcalledR.
This feedback connection between the output and the
inverting input terminal forces the differential input
voltage towards zero.
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closed-loop inverting amplifier uses negative


feedback to accurately control the overall gain of
the amplifier, but at a cost in the reduction of the
amplifiers gain.

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there

are two very important rules


to remember aboutInverting
Amplifiersor any operational
amplifier;

1.No

Current Flows into the Input Terminals


2.The Differential Input Voltage is Zero as V1 =
V2 = 0(Virtual
Earth)
Closed-Loop

Voltage Gainof an
Inverting Amplifier is;

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The

negative sign in the equation indicates an


inversion of the output signal with respect to the
input as it is 180oout of phase.
This is due to the feedback being negative in value.

- Application of an inverting amplifier is that of a


transresistance amplifier circuit.
- A Transresistance Amplifieralso known as a
transimpedance amplifier,
- is basically a current-to-voltage converter
(Current in and Voltage out).
- They can be used in low-power applications to
convert a very small current generated by a
photo-diode or photo-detecting device etc, into
a usable output voltage which is proportional to
the input current.
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Transresistance Amplifier Circuit

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Inverting Op-amp Example No1


Find the closed loop gain of the following
inverting amplifier circuit.

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gain

of the circuit;

we

can now substitute the values of


the resistors in the circuit as follows,
Rin = 10kandR = 100k.
and the gain of the circuit is
calculated as -R/Rin = -100k/10k
= -10.
therefore,

the closed loop gain of the inverting


amplifier circuit above is given10or20dB(20log(10)).
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Inverting Op-amp Example No2


The

gain of the original circuit is to be increased


to40(32dB), find the new values of the resistors required.

Assume

that the input resistor is to remain at the same


value of10K, then by re-arranging the closed loop voltage
gain formula we can find the new value required for the
feedback resistorR.

Gain

= -R/Rin

therefore,R

= Gain x Rin

= 40 x 10,000
R = 400,000 or 400K
The

new values of resistors required for the circuit to have a


gain of40would be,
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Rin

= 10KandR = 400K.

The

formula could also be


rearranged to give a new value
ofRin, keeping the same value ofR.

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In

theInverting
Amplifierconfiguration for an
operational amplifier,
if the two resistors are of equal value,Rin =
Rthen the gain of the amplifier will be1producing a complementary form of the input
voltage at its output asVout = -Vin.
This type of inverting amplifier configuration is
generally called aUnity Gain Inverterof
simply anInverting Buffer.
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The Non-inverting Operational Amplifier


In

this configuration, the input voltage signal,


(Vin) is applied directly to the non-inverting
(+) input terminal which means that the output
gain of the amplifier becomes Positive in
value.

the

output signal is in-phase with the input


signal.

Feedback

control of the
Non-inverting Operational Amplifier is achieved
by applying a small part of the output voltage
signal back to the inverting (-) input terminal
via aR R2voltage divider network, again
producing negative feedback.
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This

closed-loop configuration
produces a non-inverting amplifier
circuit with;
very good stability,
a very high input
impedance,Rinapproaching infinity,
as no current flows into the positive
input terminal, (ideal conditions)
and a low output impedance,Rout.
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Equivalent Potential Divider Network

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we

can calculate the closed-loop


voltage gain (AV) of theNoninverting Amplifieras follows:

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Closed

loop voltage gain of a noninverting amplifier is;

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the

overall closed-loop gain of a noninverting amplifier will always be greater


but never less than one (unity), it is
positive in nature and is determined by
the ratio of the values ofRandR2.
If the value of the feedback resistorRis
zero, the gain of the amplifier will be
exactly equal to one (unity).
If resistorR2is zero the gain will
approach infinity,
but in practice it will be limited to the
operational amplifiers open-loop
differential gain, (Ao).
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Voltage Follower (Unity Gain Buffer)

If

we made the feedback


resistor,Requal to zero, (R=0),
and resistorR2equal to infinity,
(R2=), then the circuit would
have a fixed gain of 1 as all the
output voltage would be present on
the inverting input terminal
(negative feedback). This would then
produce a special type of the noninverting amplifier circuit called
aVoltage Followeror also called a
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As

the input signal is connected


directly to the non-inverting input of
the amplifier the output signal is not
inverted resulting in the output
voltage being equal to the input
voltage,Vout = Vin. This then makes
thevoltage followercircuit ideal
as aUnity Gain Buffercircuit
because of its isolation properties.

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Advantage of the unity gain voltage


follower
it

can be used when impedance matching or


circuit isolation is more important than
amplification as it maintains the signal
voltage

The

input impedance of the voltage follower


circuit is very high, typically above 1M as it
is equal to that of the operational amplifiers
input resistance times its gain (RinxAo).

its

output impedance is very low.


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Non-inverting Voltage Follower

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In

this non-inverting circuit


configuration,
the input impedanceRinhas increased
to infinity and the feedback
impedanceRreduced to zero.
The output is connected directly back to
the negative inverting input so the
feedback is 100% andVinis exactly
equal toVoutgiving it a fixed gain
of1or unity.

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Since

no current flows into the noninverting input terminal the input


impedance is infinite (ideal op-amp)
and also no current flows through the
feedback loop so any value of
resistance may be placed in the
feedback loop without affecting the
characteristics of the circuit as no
voltage is dissipated across it, zero
current flows, zero voltage drop, zero
power loss.
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The Voltage Adder/Summing Amplifier


If

we add more input resistors to the


input, each equal in value to the
original input resistor,Rinwe end up
with another operational amplifier
circuit called aSumming Amplifier,
summing inverter or even a
voltage adder circuit.

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The

output voltage, (Vout) now


becomes proportional to the sum of
the input voltages,V1,V2,V3etc.

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if

all the input impedances, (Rin)


are equal in value, we can simplify
the above equation to give an output
voltage of:

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AScaling

Summing Amplifiercan
be made if the individual input
resistors are NOT equal. Then the
equation would have to be modified
to:

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If

the input resistors are equal in


value then the summed output
voltage is as given and the gain
is+1.

If

the input resistors are unequal


then the output voltage is a
weighted sum of the input signal.

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Summing

Amplifier Example:-

Find the output voltage of the followingSumming


Amplifiercircuit.

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The Voltage Subtractor


The

Subtractor also called a difference


amplifier, uses both the inverting and noninverting inputs to produce an output
signal which is proportional to the
difference between the two input
voltagesV1andV2.
More inputs can be subtracted.
Resistances are equal (R = RandRA = RA)
then the output voltage is as given and
the gain is+1.
If the input resistance are unequal the
circuit becomes a differential amplifier.
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Op-amp Integrator Circuit

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TheOp-amp

Integratoris an
Operational Amplifiercircuit that performs the
mathematical operation ofIntegration, that
is we can cause the output to respond to
changes in the input voltage over time as the
op-amp integrator produces anoutput voltage
which is proportional to the integral of the
input voltage.

In

other words the magnitude of the output


signal is determined by the length of time a
voltage is present at its input as the current
through the feedback loop charges or
discharges the capacitor as the required
negative feedback occurs through the
capacitor.
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When

a step voltage,Vinis firstly applied to


the input of an integrating amplifier, the
uncharged capacitorChas very little
resistance and acts a bit like a short circuit
allowing maximum current to flow via the input
resistor,Rinas potential difference exists
between the two plates.

No

current flows into the amplifiers input and


pointXis a virtual earth resulting in zero
output.

As

the impedance of the capacitor at this point


is very low, the gain ratio ofXc/Rinis also very
small giving an overall voltage gain of less
than one, ( voltage follower circuit ).
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As

the feedback capacitor,Cbegins to


charge up due to the influence of the
input voltage, its impedanceXcslowly
increase in proportion to its rate of
charge.

The

capacitor charges up at a rate


determined by the RC time constant, ()
of the series RC network.

Negative

feedback forces the op-amp to


produce an output voltage that maintains
a virtual earth at the op-amps inverting
input.
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Since

the capacitor is connected between


the op-amps inverting input (which is at
earth potential) and the op-amps output
(which is negative), the potential
voltage,Vcdeveloped across the
capacitor slowly increases causing the
charging current to decrease as the
impedance of the capacitor increases.

This

results in the ratio


ofXc/Rinincreasing producing a linearly
increasing ramp output voltage that
continues to increase until the capacitor is
fully charged.
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At

this point the capacitor acts as an open


circuit, blocking any more flow of DC current.

The

ratio of feedback capacitor to input


resistor (Xc/Rin) is now infinite resulting in
infinite gain.

The

result of this high gain (similar to the opamps open-loop gain), is that the output of the
amplifier goes into saturation as shown below.

(Saturation

occurs when the output voltage of


the amplifier swings heavily to one voltage
supply rail or the other with little or no control
in between).
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The

rate at which the output voltage


increases (the rate of change) is
determined by the value of the resistor
and the capacitor, RC time constant.

By

changing thisRCtime constant value,


either by changing the value of the
Capacitor,Cor the Resistor,R, the time in
which it takes the output voltage to reach
saturation can also be changed for
example.

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If

we apply a constantly changing input


signal such as a square wave to the input
of anIntegrator Amplifierthen the
capacitor will charge and discharge in
response to changes in the input signal.
This results in the output signal being that
of a sawtooth waveform whose frequency
is dependant upon theRCtime constant
of the resistor/capacitor combination.

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the

voltage on the plates of a capacitor is


equal to the charge on the capacitor
divided by its capacitance givingQ/C.
Then the voltage across the capacitor is
output Vouttherefore:
-Vout=Q/C.
If the capacitor is charging and
discharging, the rate of charge of voltage
across the capacitor is given as:

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ButdQ/dtis

electric current and since the


node voltage of the integrating op-amp at
its inverting input terminal is zero,X = 0,
the input currentI(in)flowing through the
input resistor,Rinis given as:

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The

current flowing through the


feedback capacitorCis given as:

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Assuming

that the input impedance of the


op-amp is infinite (ideal op-amp), no
current flows into the op-amp terminal.
Therefore, the nodal equation at the
inverting input terminal is given as:

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From

which we derive an ideal


voltage output for theOp-amp
Integratoras:

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The Op-amp Differentiator Amplifier


ThisOperational

Amplifiercircuit performs the


mathematical operation ofDifferentiation, that
is it produces a voltage output which is directly
proportional to the input voltages rate-of-change
with respect to time.

In other words the faster or larger the change to


the input voltage signal, the greater the input
current, the greater will be the output voltage
change in response, becoming more of a spike
in shape.
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The

input signal to the differentiator is applied to


the capacitor.

The capacitor blocks any DC content so there is


no current flow to the amplifier summing
point,Xresulting in zero output voltage.

The capacitor only allows AC type input voltage


changes to pass through and whose frequency is
dependant on the rate of change of the input
signal.

At

low frequencies the reactance of the capacitor


is High resulting in a low gain (R/Xc) and low
output voltage from the op-amp.
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At

higher frequencies the reactance of the


capacitor is much lower resulting in a higher gain
and higher output voltage from the differentiator
amplifier.

At

high frequencies an op-amp differentiator circuit


becomes unstable and will start to oscillate.

To

avoid this the high frequency gain of the circuit


needs to be reduced by adding an additional small
value capacitor across the feedback resistorR.

Since

the node voltage of the operational amplifier


at its inverting input terminal is zero, the
current,iflowing through the capacitor will be
given as:
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The

charge on the capacitor equals Capacitance


x Voltage across the capacitor,

The

rate of change of this charge is

butdQ/dtis

the capacitor currenti

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from

which we have an ideal voltage output for


the op-amp differentiator is given as:

TheOp-amp

Differentiatorcircuit
in its basic form has two main
disadvantages:
One is that it suffers from instability at high
frequencies as mentioned above,
and the other is that the capacitive input
makes it very susceptible to random noise
signals and any noise or harmonics present in
the source circuit will be amplified more than
the input signal itself.
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Op-amp Differentiator Waveforms

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Slew Rate of Op-Amp


The

slew rate of an op-amp is a


measure of how fast the output
voltage can change in response to
an input signal.

The

slew rate of the A741is


0.5V/s(typical)

This

means that the output from this


amplifier can change by 0.5V every
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Since

frequency is related to time, the slew rate can


be used to determine the maximum operating
frequency of the op-amp.
SR = 2fVo(max) where SR is the slew rate

f is the frequency in Hz

Slew

Rate is independent of the closed-loop gain of


the op amp.
Example:
Given: SR = 500 kV/s and vo = 12 V (Vo(max) = 12V)
Find: The t and f.
Solution:
t = vo / SR = (10 V) / (5x105 V/s) = 2x10-5 s
f = SR / 2Vo(max) = (5x105 V/s) / (2 * 12) = 6,630
Hz
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OP-AMPS AS COMPARATORS
A

comparator is an circuit that compares two


input voltages. One voltage is called the
reference voltage (Vref) and the other is called
the input voltage (Vin).
WhenVinrises above or falls belowVrefthe
output changes polarity (+ becomes -).
Positiveis sometimes calledHIGH.
Negativeis sometimes calledLOW.

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Input voltage

Output voltage

Less than reference


voltage

Negative

Equal to reference
voltage

Zero

Greater than reference


voltage

Positive
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If

the input goes more positive than the


reference voltage set by the voltage
divider,Vin>Vref, the output changes state.

When

the input voltage drops below the preset


reference voltage and Vin<Vref, the output
switches back.

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Schmitt Trigger
History

The Schmitt Trigger was first invented from


Otto H. Schmitt in the 1934.
By that time, Otto Schmitt was a student.
In the year 1937, he published his
invention in his doctoral.
The name he gave was "thermionic trigger"
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Schmitt Trigger
The

Schmitt trigger has found many applications


in numerous circuits, both analog and digital.

The

versatility of a TTL Schmitt is hampered by its


narrow supply range, limited interface capability,
low input impedance and unbalanced output
characteristics.

The

Schmitt trigger could be built from discrete


devices to satisfy a particular parameter, but this
is a careful and sometimes time-consuming
design.
A Schmitt trigger circuit is also called a
regenerative comparator circuit.
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Symbols

There

are basically two symbols for the Schmitt


Trigger.

The

symbol is a triangle with an input and an


output, just like the one used for the noninverting buffers. Inside there is the hysteresis
symbol. Depending on the type of Schmitt
Trigger, inverting or non-inverting (standard), the
hysteresis curve sign differs.
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Schmitt

trigger A voltage-level detector.

The

Schmitt Trigger is a type of comparator with two


different threshold voltage levels.
Whenever the input voltage goes over theHigh Threshold
Level, the output of the comparator is switched HIGH (if is
a standard ST) or LOW (if is an inverting ST).
The output will remain in this state, as long as the input
voltage is above the second threshold level, theLow
Threshold Level.
When the input voltage goes below this level, the output of
the Schmitt Trigger will switch.
The HIGH and LOW output voltages are actually the
POSITIVE and NEGATIVE power supply voltages of the
comparator.
The comparator needs to have positive and negative power
supply (like + and -) to operate as a Schmitt Trigger
normally. The following drawing shows how a Schmitt
Trigger would react to an AC voltage input:
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The simplest Schmitt Trigger using


OP-Amp

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When

the non-inverting input (+) is higher than


the inverting input (-), the comparator output
switches to thePOSITIVEvoltage supply.
On the contrary, the non-inverting input (+) is
lower than the inverting input (-), the output
switches to theNEGATIVEvoltage supply.
The inverting input (-) is grounded, so someone
would expect that the turn-on and off point
would be the ground (0).
The function of the ST comes from the feedback
resistor RFB.
When

for example the output of the comparator


is to thePOSITIVEvoltage supply, then the noninverting input has through the RFBthis voltage!

The

same happens when the output is to


theNEGATIVEpower supply.
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the

formula to calculate the


threshold voltage is:
VTHRESHOLD VSUPPLY

So,

R1

RFB R1

if the output is to the POSITIVE voltage, the


required negative voltage that must be applied
to Vin is:

VINPUT<= - VTHRESHOLD
If

the output is to the NEGATIVE voltage, the


required positive voltage that must be applied to
Vin is:

VINPUT>= VTHRESHOLD
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Inverting Schmitt Trigger

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Trigger Point Voltages


Trigger

point voltages may be equal or unequal


in magnitude, and are opposite in polarity.

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Hysteresis
Hysteresis

A term that is often used to


describe the range of voltages between the
UTP and LTP of a Schmitt trigger.

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Applications of Schmitt
Trigger
Schmitt trigger is mostly used to convert a very
slowly varying input voltage into an output having
abruptly varying waveform occurring precisely at
certain predetermined value of input voltage.
Schmitt trigger may be used for all applications for
which a general comparator is used.
Any type of input voltage can be converted into its
corresponding square signal wave.
The only condition is that the input signal must
have large enough excursion to carry the input
voltage beyond the limits of the hysteresis range.
The amplitude of the square wave is independent
of the peak-to-peak value of the input waveform.
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