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An overview of op-amp applications, including voltage to current converters, instrument amplifiers, and sample-hold circuits. It also covers practical op-amp limitations and the concepts of differential gain, common-mode gain, and common-mode rejection ratio (cmrr).
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(Trans
‐resistance
amplifier)
Practical
Op
Amp
Limitations
-^ Finite
gain
-^ Finite
input
impedance
-^ Out
put
impedance
is
not
zero
-^ Input
bias
current
is^
not
zero
-^ Band
width
is^
limited
-^ Common
mode
rejection
ratio
is^
limited
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Difference
Amplifier
and
Common
‐Mode
Rejection
Ratio
(CMRR)
A (or
dm
differential
‐mode
gain
A^ cm
common
‐mode
gain
vid
differential
‐mode
input
voltage
vic
common
‐mode
input
voltage
real
amplifier
responds
to
signal
common
to
both
inputs,
called
the
common
‐mode
input
voltage
( v
) .ic
In
general,
vo
Adm
vid
cm
vic Adm
Adm
vid
vic CMRR
AdmAcm
and CMRR(dB)
^ 20log
An
ideal
amplifier
has
cm
but
for
a
real
amplifier,
vid vic v^
vid vic v^
vo
Adm
( v^1
v
cm
v^1
v
vo
Adm
( vid
Acm
( vic
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1
3
4
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1
3
4
1
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dm
cm
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R^
R^
R
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Difference
Amplifier:
Example
Problem
:^ Determine
vo
Given
Data
10k
=100k 2
v^1
v^2
Assumptions:
Ideal
op
amp.
Hence,
v‐
=^ v
and +
i=‐
i+
Analysis:
Using
dc
values,^ A
dm
100k
10k
Vo
Adm
Vo
Here
dm
is called
the
“differential
mode
voltage
gain”
of
the
difference
amplifier.
Finite
Common
‐Mode
Rejection
Ratio:
Example
Problem
:^ Find
output
voltage
error
introduced
by
finite
Given
Data
dm
dB,
v^1
v^2
Assumptions:
Op
amp
is
ideal,
except
for
Here,
a^
in
dB
of
dB
corresponds
to
a^
of
Analysis: The
output
error
introduced
by
finite
is
of
the
expected
ideal
output.
In the "ideal" case,
vid vic
vic
v^
v
o^
dm
id
v^
v
o^
dm id
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
% output error
Differential
Gain
A^ dm
=^ 5 V/
mV
=^
1000
uA
CMRR
Test:
Common
Mode
Gain
CMRR
Calculation
for
uA
^
4
10 1000
CMRR
3.125 10
.
CMRR(dB)
20log
CMRR
89.9 dB
A^ dm Acm ^
^
^
^
v^1 v^2
vx vx