ENGN1218 Electronic Systems and Design
Topic 7 Operational Amplifiers
Video 1 Introducing The Amplifier
• Compared to transformers
• Non-inverted and inverted outputs
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• The amplifier circuit
• Increases the amplitude of the input signal • Isasystembuildingblock
• Oneofthemostcommonlyusedcircuits
Amplifiers
• Varietyoffunctions
• Stereo systems contain audio amplifiers to amplify the sound
• Radio and TV receivers contains amplifiers to amplifier the signals • Key building block for robotics
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• Amplifiers are linear circuits
– Output shape is same as that of the input
Non-inverting
Non-inverting amplifiers • Positivegain
𝑣 ⁄ 𝑣 𝐴
Amplifiers
𝑣 ⁄ 𝑣 𝐴
• theoutputwaveformis identical in shape to the input waveform
Inverting amplifiers • Negativegain
• theoutputwaveformis an inversion of the input waveform
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Amplifier vs Transformer
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Amplifiers: Example ECG Machine
• An ECG machine
– Contains amplifiers that amplify the weak signals picked up from the human body
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Amplifiers: Telecommunications Vocoder
• A voice coder (Vocoder) inside every mobile phone consists of:
– Speech analyser
• Converts analogue into digital speech
– Speech synthesizer
• Converts digital signals into analogue speech
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In our next video…
I will formally introduce you to the op-amp
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Overview • Background
Video 2 Introduction to the Op-Amp
• The integrated circuit • The LM741 op-amp
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The Operational Amplifier
The op-amp is last of the five circuit elements we are covering in this course • 8-terminals, active (can supply power), needs V DC power
5. The op-amp:
• Previous: 2-terminal and passive circuit elements
1. Resistance:
2. Capacitance:
3. Inductance:
4. The diode:
dissipates energy
stores energy
stores energy
dissipates energy heat/light
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Operational Amplifier Circuits
• The operational amplifier (op-amp)
– One of the wonders of the electronics engineering world – Low cost
– Easy to use and versatile
• Broad range of practical applications • Building block of analogue computers
• Early operational amplifiers were primarily used to perform mathematical operations
– such as addition, subtraction, integration and differentiation – thus the term operational amplifier.
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Integrated Circuits
• An Integrated Circuit (IC)
– an electronic circuit
– constructed entirely on a single small chip of silicon.
• All the components that make up the circuit – transistors, diodes, resistors, capacitors
– are an integral part of that single chip.
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The LM741 Operational Amplifier
• The LM741 operational amplifier
– The single most important integrated circuit for analogue circuit design.
– Released by in 1968
– Designed by
– Most popular op-amp of all time
– Two opposite input terminals
– One output terminal
– Requires DC power supply
Symbol with DC supply 𝑉
Internal Block Diagram
PSPICE Symbol
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Operational Amplifier Circuits
• An LM741 operational amplifier – an example of an analogue IC:
– 22 BJTs, 12 resistors, 1 capacitor.
See op-amp datasheet on Course Resources webpage.
In ENGN2218, after we study BJT, we will have look at the internal structure of the amplifier and its currents and voltages.
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Op-Amp: Chip Hall of Fame
https://spectrum.ieee.org/static/chip-hall-of-fame
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Inverting input 2
Non-inverting input 3
Non-inverting input 3
6 Inverting input 2
Op-Amps: Terminal Behaviour
• The +ve and –ve input terminals
Typical Package
Internal Block Diagram
– can be drawn either with +ve at top or bottom
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Op-Amps: Power Supply
• The power supply terminals for 𝑉 and 𝑉
– Sometimes they are not shown in the circuit diagram • But in practice they are always there
– These schematics show the power supply connections and ground locations
– Provide the limits for output voltage
• Use the bubble convention to simplify the circuit diagrams
Single supply
Dual supply
0 𝑣 𝑉
𝑉 𝑣 𝑉
Bubble convention
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Op-Amps: Power Supply
• Most op-amps are operated with a dual or split power supply
– From datasheet
» Minimum supply voltage: 5𝑉
» Maximum supply voltages: 22𝑉
» Typical supply voltages: 10𝑉 or 15𝑉
» Typical supply current: 1.7𝐴
» Power rating: 500𝑚𝑊
Dual supply
𝑉 𝑣 𝑉 Bubble convention
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• In ENGN1218
Op-Amps: Terminal Behaviour
– Won’t be studying the internal behaviour of the op-amp
– Will take a black-box approach and focus only on the terminal behaviour
• Allows us to use the op-amp as a circuit building block to make an amplifier
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In our next video…
We will be introduced to the ideal op-amp model, and the all important summing point constraint
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The ideal op-amp model
Topic 7 Operational Amplifiers
Video 3 The Ideal Op-Amp Model
Negative feedback Summing point constraint
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Ideal Op-Amp Model
• The voltage controlled voltage source (VCVS)
– Will be used to model the behaviour of the op-amp
– Not a real world device
• Used to theoretically model
– the behaviour of complex real world electronic devices and components
Ideal dependent voltage controlled voltage source (VCVS)
𝑣 𝜇 𝑣
𝜇 is dimensionless
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𝑅: input resistance
𝐴: voltage gain due to the device internal circuitry
Ideal Op-Amp Model
The op-amp as represented by an equivalent voltage-amplifier circuit model, with a dependent voltage source
𝑣 and 𝑅: model the driving circuit
𝑅: output resistance 𝑅: load resistance
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The ideal op-amp model
• Theinputresistance𝑅 ∞
𝑅 0Ω 𝐴 ∞
Ideal Op-Amp Model
The op-amp can be represented by this equivalent voltage-amplifier circuit model with a dependent voltage source
• Appears in parallel to input terminals, won’t draw any current from the source
• The output resistance 𝑅 0Ω
• Appears in series with load resistance
𝑅: input resistance 𝑅:outputresistance
• Shouldn’tintroduceanyvoltagedrop to the output
𝐴: voltage gain due to the device internal circuitry
• Internal device gain
•𝐴∞
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Ideal Op-Amp Model
• The ideal op-amp model
• 𝑅 ∞Ω 𝑣 • 𝑅 0Ω
• 𝐴 ∞
This ideal model leads to Summing Point Constraint
• Practically,fromLM741op-ampdatasheet
• 𝑅 2𝑀Ω
• 𝑅 75Ω
• 𝐴 200,000
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Op-Amp Operation: Negative Feedback
• Negative feedback
– A portion of the output voltage of an amplifier is returned to the input
– The two basic op-amp configurations use –ve feedback
• Inverting amplifier
• Non-inverting amplifier
• Non-assessable circuits (will be studied in ENGN2218)
– No feedback e.g. comparators
– Positive feedback e.g. Schmitt trigger comparator
• We can use summing point constraint for design and analysis ENGN1218 Electronic Systems and Design
Op-Amps: Summing Point Constraint • With the ideal op-amp model and negative feedback
• Canmakethefollowingtwoassumptions: • Due to internal circuitry design
1. The input voltages are equal
2. The input currents to the op-amp are negligible
𝑖 𝑖 0𝐴
• Consequences
• Output voltage is independent of the load resistance
• Output is independent of op-amp internal voltage gain
• We do not need to use the ideal op-amp model (containing VCVS) to solve op-amp circuits with –ve feedback
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Op-Amps: Summing Point Constraint • Another way of stating the summing point constraint
• Negative feedback imposes constraints on the input voltages and currents
• Due to the complex internal circuitry of the op-amp 1. Voltage drop across the two inputs becomes zero
𝑣 𝑣 𝑣 𝑣 0𝑉
2. Input currents become zero
𝑖 𝑖 0𝐴
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Looking Back with Thanks • Black (Engineer in Bell Labs)
• Concept of negative feedback amplifier
• Sketched out on a blank spot of his
Time newspaper
• during his morning commute to Bell Labs in Manhattan in 1927
• Completely revolutionised electronics
• Nine years before the patent office believed it
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In our next video…
We will go through the steps for analysis and design of op- amp circuits
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Overview Inverting amplifier
Topic 7 Operational Amplifiers
Op-Amp Amplifiers: Analysis
Non-inverting amplifier Buffer amplifier
Steps for analysis and design
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Different Op-Amp Configurations
• Over this topic we will study the following op-amp configurations
1. Inverting op-amp amplifier
• Voltage gain with phase reversal
2. Non-inverting op-amp amplifier
• Voltage gain without phase reversal
3. Buffer amplifier
• Have a gain of 1 or less, with the advantage of high input resistance and low
output resistance
• Op-amps that perform arithmetic
4. Summing amplifier
• Output is the inverted scaled sum of the inputs
5. Difference amplifier
• Output is proportional to the difference between the two inputs
6. Op-amp Integrator
• Integrates a signal with respect to time
7. Op-amp Differentiator
• Differentiates a signal with respect to time
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Op-Amp Amplifier Circuits
• The basic op-amp circuits studied in ENGN1218 are the non-inverting
and the inverting op-amp amplifier circuits • Both circuits use negative feedback
Non-inverting op-amp
Inverting op-amp
𝐴 𝑣 1 𝑅 𝑣 𝑅
𝐴 𝑣 𝑅 𝑣 𝑅
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Non-Inverting Op-Amp Amplifier
• The non-inverting amplifier
– Signal goes into the non-inverting input (+) of the op-amp.
– Voltage gain but not phase reversal
• Input and output signals are said to be in phase
• The voltage gain of the non-inverting amplifier using an op-amp is calculated using the formula
• 𝐴 1
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Non-Inverting Op-Amp Amplifier
• Find the voltage gain of the non-inverting amplifier
• when𝑅 1𝑘Ωand𝑅 10𝑘Ω • Ans:
• 𝐴 1 1
• Suppose the input voltage 𝑣 0.5𝑉
• 𝑣𝐴𝑣 110.55.5𝑉
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Inverting Op-Amp Amplifier • The inverting amplifier
• has a feedback resistor 𝑅 and an input resistor 𝑅
• The signal is applied to the inverting input (-) of the op-amp • The output signal is both inverted and amplified
• The voltage gain is set by the external resistors 𝑅 and 𝑅
𝐴 𝑣 𝑅 𝑣 𝑅
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Inverting Op-Amp Amplifier
• Find the voltage gain of the inverting amplifier
• When𝑅 1𝑘Ωand𝑅 10𝑘Ω • Ans:
• 𝐴 10
• Suppose the input voltage 𝑣 1𝑉
• Then 𝑣 𝐴𝑣 101 10𝑉
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The Buffer Amplifier
• Amplifiers have more applications than just providing gain.
• A circuit can be damaged if a load is poorly matched to the circuit it is connected to
– This effect of loading one stage by another can be overcome by using a buffer amplifier between the stages
• Buffer amplifiers are a special case of the non-inverting op-amp amplifier, where 𝑅 Ω open circuit and 𝑅 0 (short circuit)
𝐴 𝑣 1 𝑅 𝐴 𝑣 1
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The Buffer Amplifier: Power Gain
• Buffer amplifiers have a power gain
• Example: Assume that the ideal op-amp is operating in the linear region.
• Calculate the power delivered to the 16Ω resistor in both circuits.
Circuit 2 48kΩ
• Circuit 1:
• voltage divider 𝑣 320𝑚 86.8𝑚𝑉
• Power . 0.4μ𝑊
• Circuit 2: Buffer configuration 𝑖 𝑖 0𝐴 • 𝑣 𝑣 320𝑚𝑉
• The power ratio with and without the op-amp:
• Power 6.4μ𝑊
• .μ 16
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Analysis/Design of Op-Amp Circuits
• When using the ideal op-amp model and summing point constraint:
• Ifyoutrytousethemesh-currentmethodtoanalyseop-amp circuits, you will not be able to make any progress
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Summing point constraints Analysis: Ideal Non-Inverting Op-Amp
• Apply op-amp assumptions • 𝑣 𝑣
• 𝑖 𝑖 0 • Step 2:
• Find voltage at inverting pin • 𝑣 𝑣 𝑣
• Apply KCL at inverting pin node
• 𝑖 0
• Simplify
Find Rin and Rout
• 𝑅 ∞Ω
• 𝐴 1
• 𝑅 0Ω
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Summing point constraints Analysis: Ideal Inverting Op-Amp
• Apply op-amp assumptions • 𝑣 𝑣
• 𝑖 𝑖 0 • Step 2:
• Find voltage at inverting pin • 𝑣 𝑣 0𝑉
Virtual Ground Concept Zero voltage at inverting terminal (negative pin) is referred to as virtual ground.
• Apply KCL at inverting pin node
• 𝑖0
• Simplify𝐴
• Find Rin and Rout • 𝑅 𝑅
• 𝑅 0Ω
• 15𝑉𝑣 15𝑉 ENGN1218 Electronic Systems and Design
Output Voltage Range • For linear operation as an amplifier
• Outputvoltagemustliebetweenthetwosupplyvoltages •determinedby𝑉 𝑣 𝑉
For example:
• when the op-amp is powered by dual supply,
with 𝑉 15𝑉 and 𝑉 15𝑉
• Thenas𝑉𝑣𝑉, • The output voltage range is
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In our next video…
We will work through inverting op-amp examples
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Topic 7 Operational Amplifiers
Video 5 Op-Amp Examples
• Op-amp circuit analysis examples
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Inverting Op-Amp Analysis: Example 1 pg. 1/3 • Solve Textbook Assessment problem 5.1
𝑣 5 3.5 17.5𝑉 Op-amp saturates at -15V ENGN1218 Electronic Systems and Design
Inverting Op-Amp Analysis: Example 1 pg. 2/3 • a) Calculate 𝑣 for the following vales of 𝑣:
• 0.4,2.0,3.5,0.6,1.6,2.4
Ans:𝐴 5
𝑣 15 𝑣 10𝑉
𝒗𝒔 (V) -2.4 -1.6 -0.6 0.4 2.0 3.5
𝒗𝐨𝐮𝐭 comment
𝑣 5 2.4 12𝑉 Op-amp saturates at +10V
» 𝑣 5 𝑣
𝑣 5 1.6 8𝑉
𝑣 5 0.6 3𝑉
𝑣 5 0.4 2𝑉 𝑣 5 2.0 10𝑉
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Inverting Op-Amp Analysis: Example 1 pg. 3/3
• b) Specify the range of 𝑣 required to avoid amplifier saturation Ans:
• With the dual power supply and 𝑣 5 𝑣 • Then𝑣
15 𝑣 10𝑉
15 𝑣 10
555 3𝑣 2
(multiplying by -1 changes the inequality signs)
2 𝑣 3
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Inverting Op-Amp Analysis: Example 2 • Solve Textbook Example 5.1
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Inverting Op-Amp Analysis: Example 2
• a) Calculate 𝑣
if𝑣 1𝑉and𝑣 0𝑉
• 𝐴
10𝑉 𝑣 10𝑉
• 𝑣 . 𝑣
•. 1 4𝑉
• b) Calculate 𝑣
if𝑣 1𝑉and𝑣 2𝑉
• Thesummingpointconstraint •𝑣 𝑣 and𝑖 𝑖 0𝐴
𝑣 𝑣 𝑣 𝑣 0 25𝑘 100𝑘
• Then𝑣 𝑣 𝑣
2 1 2 𝑣 25𝑘 100𝑘
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Op-Amp Analysis: Example 3 pg. 1/3 • Solve Textbook problem 5.18
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Op-Amp Analysis: Example 3 pg. 2/3
• a) What op-amp circuit configuration is this?
– Lets redraw the circuit in a more standard configuration.
ANS: non-inverting op-amp with input voltage at +ve input terminal
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Op-Amp Analysis: Example 3 pg. 3/3
• b) Calculate 𝑣
ANS: The gain of an non-inverting amplifier
• 𝐴 1
•𝑣𝐴.𝑣1 𝑣
• 1 411444𝑉
• Op-amp saturates to +16V so 𝑣 16𝑉
16𝑣 16
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Op-Amp Analysis: Example 4 pg. 1/2
• Derive 𝑣 for the circuit shown • Step 1:
• Apply op-amp assumptions • 𝑣 𝑣 0𝑉(given)
• 𝑖 𝑖 0𝐴
• Find voltage at inverting pin • 𝑣 𝑣 0𝑉(given)
• Apply KCL at inverting pin node
• 𝑖
• 0
• 0 → 𝑣𝑣
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Op-Amp Analysis: Example 4 pg. 2/2
• Derive 𝑣 for the circuit shown • Step 3 cont.:
• Apply KCL at 𝑣 node
• 0
• 𝑣
• 𝑣 𝑅 𝑣
• 𝑣 𝑅 𝑣
• 𝑣 𝑣
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In our next video…
We do more examples of op-amp analysis and design
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Topic 7 Operational Amplifiers
More Examples of Op-Amp Circuits
Examples for design and analysis Check solutions with PSPICE
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Op-Amp Design: Example 1 pg. 1/6 • Solve Textbook Example problem 5.2
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Op-Amp Design: Example 1 pg. 2/6
• a) Design an inverting amplifier • withgainof12
𝐴 12 𝑅
• Choose common resistor value • 𝑅 1𝑘Ω
15𝑉 𝑣 15𝑉
• then 𝑅 12𝑘Ω
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Op-Amp Design: Example 1 pg. 3/6
• b)What range of input voltages allows the op-amp to remain in the linear operating range?
• that 15𝑉 𝑣 15𝑉
• And 12
15𝑉 𝑣 15𝑉
𝑣 12𝑣 15𝑉 𝑣 15𝑉
15𝑉 12𝑣 15𝑉
15 𝑉 𝑣 15 𝑉 12 12
1.25𝑉 𝑣 1.25𝑉
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Example 1 PSICE Simulation pg. 4/6
• Here is the example circuit drawn in PSPICE
– The circuit looks different because the +ve input pin is at the top of the op-amp symbol
• This is the only way PSPICE will draw this circuit
The input is sinusoidal
We have used the ‘bubble’ to draw the bias voltages
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Example 1 PSICE Simulation pg. 5/6
• The red is the input with peak 1V, and the green is the output
• The output voltage peak is very close to 12V
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Example 1 PSICE Simulation pg. 6/6 • What happens if we increase the peak input voltage to 2V?
• The output voltage will try to move between 24𝑉 peak
• The circuit reaches ‘saturation’ at 15V (not clipping)
• Saturation occurs if input voltage is outside the linear range
• 1.25𝑉 𝑣 1.25𝑉
• No longer functioning as an amplifier as is now non-linear
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Op-Amp Analysis: Example 2 pg. 1/6 • Solve Textbook problem 5.6
• 𝑣 𝑣 0𝑉(given)
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Op-Amp Analysis: Example 2 pg. 2/6
• Calculate 𝑖, 𝑣, 𝑣, 𝑖
Op-amp is in inverting configuration
• Applyop-ampassumptions • 𝑣 𝑣 0𝑉(given)
• 𝑖 𝑖 0𝐴
15𝑣 15
• Find voltage at inverting pin
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ANS contd:
Op-Amp Analysis: Example 2 pg. 3/6
• Calculate 𝑖, 𝑣, 𝑣, 𝑖
• Apply KCL at in