OpAmps Circuits

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 Question 5

An op-amp-based inverting integrator is measured at 100Hz to have

an voltage gain of -100V/V. At what frequency is its gain reduced to
-1V/V? What is the integrator time constant?

Solution:
1
The gain is given by: G () =
RC
that is
1 1
G (200) = = 100 = RC =
200RC 20000
therefore
1 20000
G () = = = 1V / V f = 10000 Hz
RC 2f

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 Question 5A

An op-amp-based inverting integrator is measured at 100Hz to have

an voltage gain of -100V/V. At what frequency is its gain reduced to
-1V/V? What is the integrator time constant?

Solution:

For integrator, the gain decays 20dB/decades. That is, when

frequency increase by a factor, the gain decreases by the same
factor. Therefore, when the gain decrease from 100V/V by factor
of 1/100 to -1V/V, the frequency should increase by 100 times. That
is, at 10000Hz the gain will reduced to -1V/V.

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A differentiator uses an ideal op-amp, a 10K resistor, and a 0.01uf

capacitor. What is the frequency fo at which its input and output sine
wave signals have equal magnitude? What is the output signal for
for a 1-V p-p sine wave input with frequency equal to 10fo ?

Solution:
The transmission function of differentiator is given by:
R
G () = = jRC = j 10000 0.0110 6 = j 0.0001
1
j C
for G (0 ) = 0.00010 = 1 0 = 10000 f 0 = 10000 / 2
when f=10fo G (10 10000) = 0.0001 100000 = 10

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7.
A weighted summer circuit using an ideal op-amp has three inputs
using 100K resistors and a feedback resistor of 50K. A signal v1 is
connected to two of the inputs, while a signal v2 is connected to the
third. Express v0 in terms of v1 and v2. If v1=3V, v2=-3V, what is
v0?
Rf Rf Rf
Solution: v0 = v1 + v2 + v3
R1 R2 R3
50 50 50
= v1 + v2 + v1
100 100 100
1
= v1 + v2 = (3 1.5) = 1.5V
2

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1
Design an op-amp circuit to provide an output v0 = 3v1 + v2
2
Choose relatively low values of resistors but ones for which the
input current (for each source) does not exceed 0.1mA for 2-V
input signals.

Solution:

The input resistors can be determined as:

Rf Rf 1
= 3 and = R2 = 6 R1
R1 R2 2
v1 2V 2V
R1 = = 20 K R2 = 120 K, R f = 60 K
i1 0.1mA 0.1mA

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For the difference amplifier use superposition to find v0 in terms
of the input voltages v1 and v2:

v1 = 10 sin( 2 60t ) 0.1sin( 2 1000t ),Volts

v2 = 10 sin( 2 60t ) + 0.1sin( 2 1000t ), Volts

Solution:

Disabling v1, the circuit is a non-inverting amplifier, therefore

10 R
v02 = (1 + )v2 = 11v2
R

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Solution:

Disabling v2, the circuit is an inverting amplifier, therefore

10 R
v01 = v1 = 10v2
R
Therefore the total output should be:

v0 = v01 + v02 = 11v1 10v2

v0 = sin( 2 60t ) 2.1sin( 2 1000t ), Volts

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