Experiment No.

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Basic Operational Amplifier Circuits
AIM:
To design, set up and study the performance of the following op-amp circuits
(i)
Voltage Follower
(ii)
Inverting Amplifier
(iii)
Non-inverting Amplifier
(iv)
Integrator
(v)
Differentiator
PROCEDURE:
(i)
Voltage Follower
1. Set up the circuit as shown in fig.1.
2. Apply a 100mV peak sine wave of low frequency as input and observe and record the
output. (If voltage levels are not measurable, increase the signal amplitude)
3. Obtain the frequency response.
4. Find the bandwidth.
(ii)

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Inverting amplifier
Design the circuit in fig.2 for a gain of -10
Set up the circuit.
Apply a 100mV sinusoidal signal of low frequency as input and observe and record the
output.
Obtain the frequency response.
Find the bandwidth and gain bandwidth product
Redesign the circuit for a gain of -1.
Calculate the range of gain of the amplifier considering the tolerance of resistors. Check
whether the obtained gain value is in this allowed range.
Repeat steps 1-5 for a gain of -1

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Non-inverting Amplifier
Design the circuit in fig.3 for a gain of 11
Repeat steps 2-5 as in (ii)

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(iii)

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(v)
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Integrator
Design and set up the circuit in fig.4 without Rf.
Apply a 5V 1kHz square wave as input and observe and record the output.
Design and set up the circuit in fig.4 for a dc gain of -10. The break (corner) frequency is
1kHz.
Apply a 5V 10 kHz square wave as input and observe the output.
Decrease the input frequency and observe the changes in output.
Obtain the frequency response of the circuit. (Sinusoidal input).
Differentiator
Design and set up the circuit in fig.5 with highest frequency of the input signal
that can be differentiated as 1kHz. Maximum gain of the circuits occurs at 10kHz
Apply a 5V 1kHz triangular wave as input and observe and record the output.
Increase the input frequency and observe the changes in the output

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Obtain the frequency response of the circuit (Sinusoidal input.)

Questions: (to be answered in the lab record of experiment done)

1. Derive the equation H(j) for the integrator (fig.4) and differentiator (fig.5). Assume very
large open loop gain for the op-amp.
2. Give the reason for the observation in iv-2.
3. What is the use of Cf in the differentiator?