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BME 213L Biomedical Electronic Laboratory

Experiment 5: Summing amplifier and Differential amplifier.
In this experiment, performance of the differential and summing amplifier (inverting summing
amplifier) using OP amp will be investigated.

THEORY
An op amp differential amplifier can be created by combing both a non-inverting voltage
amplifier and an inverting voltage amplifier in a single stage. The gain of the differential
amplifier is calculated by superposition method.
Summing amplifier is the extension of the inverting or non-inverting amplifier in which multiple
input signal to the inverting or non-inverting terminal of the OP amp depending upon the
configuration of the OP amp. Summing amplifier are also known as voltage adder, because
output voltage is proportional to the sum of the input voltage.

Equipment and Components required:

Following components would be required.
1. Oscilloscope
2. Voltmeter or digital multimeter
3. Function Generator/ Generator
4. Power supply in series mode
5. 741 x1
6. 1 micro farad Cap x 2
7. 10 k ohm x 2
8. 100 k ohm x 2
9. 1k ohm x1
10. 2.2k ohm x 1
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Schematics

Figure 1 Differential Amplifier Circuit

Figure 2 Summing amplifier Circuit. Rf = 10 K ohm, Ri1 = 1 K ohm and Ri2 = 2.2 k ohm. V1
and V2 is the input voltage applied to Ri1 and Ri2
Task for Differential Amplifier
1. Calculate the voltage gains for the amplifier of Figure 1 and record them in Table 1.
2. Assemble the circuit of figure 1.
3. Set the generator to 1 KHz sine wave, 0.5 Vpp.
4. Apply the generator to the Vinv input and ground the Vnon input.
5. Measure and record the output voltage in Table 2, noting the phase relative to the input.
Also, compute the resulting voltage gain.
6. Swap the inputs by connecting the Vnon input to the generator and grounding the Vinv
input.
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7. Measure and record the output voltage in Table 2, noting the phase relative to the input.
Also, compute the resulting voltage gain.

Data Table
Voltage Gain
(Adiff)
Table 1 Calculated Gain

Input Vout Phase Measured Gain

(Adiff)
Vinv Vnon
0.5Vpp 0
0 0.5 Vpp
0.5Vpp 0.5Vpp

Table 2
Task for Summing Amplifier
1. Note that the circuit of Figure 2 is an inverting summing amplifier. Calculate the voltage
gains and total output voltage for the amplifier of Figure 2 and record them in Table 3.
2. Assemble the circuit in figure 2.
3. Set the generator to 1 KHz sine wave, 0.5 Vpp.
4. Apply the generator to the V1 and V2.
5. Measure and record the output voltage in table 3.
Data Table
Input Calculated Gain Calculated Output Measured Output
Asum (V) (Vout)
V1 V2
0.5 Vpp 0.5 Vpp
Table 3
Short Question
1. What would be formula for gain of differential amplifier if the resistors were not match?
2. Draw the circuit for non-inverting summing amplifier and also write it gain for the circuit?
3. Is it possible to make differential amplifier using summing amplifier?