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Op Amp Circuit - Electrical4U
Op Amp Circuit
April 16, 2021 by Electrical4U
Operational amplifier or Op Amp as they are generally called are linear DC amplifiers. An op amp is a three-terminal
device, one called the inverting terminal, one non-inverting terminal and the other is called the output terminal.
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However, real op amps have characteristics a little deviated from what has been stated above. You can read more about
the characteristics about op amps in other articles that we have written.
In this article, we are going to learn about the internal circuit of an op-amp IC. Along with that, we are also going to
learn about the ac equivalent circuit of op-amp.
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As you can see above, the non-inverting terminal and offset null are located at the left. The different terminals are
marked in different colors. Op-amp is a collection of transistors and resistances as you can see from the picture.
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Adder
Subtractor
Comparator
Voltage follower
Integrator
Differentiator
Comparator as the name suggests compares two things. In this case, it compares two analogs signals. There will be one
voltage signal which will be used as a reference and another signal which is to be compared. Op-amp will then
determine which of the two signals has a greater magnitude.
Circuit parameters like the internal resistance, output resistance, voltage gain are all represented by circuit components
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The output voltage as you know is directly proportional to the difference between the input voltage.
The voltage AOLVd is the Thevenin’s equivalent voltage source whereas Ro is the Thevenin equivalent resistance as seen
from the output terminal. This is the AC equivalent circuit of an Op amp. This is very useful for analyzing various op-
amp circuits.
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