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DATA AND RESULTS

Table 5.1 Common-Mode Rejection (CMR)

Measured RMS common-mode input voltage, Vicm 3.53 Vrms

Measured RMS common-mode output voltage, Vocm 3.53 Vrms

Calculated common-mode gain, Acm 1

Differential voltage gain, AD 1000

Calculated common-mode rejection, CMR 60 dB

Table 5.2 Improvement of Common-Mode Rejection (CMR)

Measured RMS common-mode input voltage, Vicm 3.53 Vrms
Measured RMS common-mode output voltage, Vocm 1.69 Vrms

Calculated common-mode gain, Acm 0.48

Differential voltage gain, AD 1000

Calculated common-mode rejection, CMR 66.38 dB

Table 5.3 Output voltage of Difference Amplifier

V1 V2 Measured Vo (V) Expected Vo (V)

+4 V +6 V 9.41 9.4

+1 V -5V -28.19 -28.2

-5V -2V 14.11 14.1

-1V -4V -14.09 -14.1

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REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. The output of a difference op-amp amplifier is proportional to the difference at the inputs.
2. If the voltage of the inverting input is more negative than the voltage at the non-inverting input
for difference op-amp, the output will be zero.
3. The higher the CMRR is, the better the quality of an op-amp.
4. If the signal of the same amplitude and phase angle is applied to both inputs of an op-amp
simultaneously and the output is nearly zero, the op-amp is said to have a high CMRR.

DISCUSSION

To reduce noise and extract valuable information for amplificatio n, the

differential amplifier employs a cancellation technique. Therefore, it is used as
a first-stage amplifier on occasion. The difference between two input voltages is
amplified while any normal voltage between the two inputs is suppressed by an
electronic amplifier. A differential amplifier is an analog circuit with two inputs
(V1 and V2) and a single output (V0), with the output equal to the difference
between the two voltages.

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Figure 5.1

Figure 5.2

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Waveform of Figure 5.2

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