COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

LABORATORY 03: Operational Amplifier

MEMBERS: (L)_________________________________ GROUP: ____________

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Objective:
● Compare the calculated and simulated results.

Tools:
NI Multisim

I. CLOSE LOOP CONFIGURATION

1) INVERTING OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER

Figure 1. Inverting Operational Amplifier

Compute the following:

Voltage gain of the given circuit. Av = ____________

Vout when Vin = 0.5Vdc Vout = __________
Vout when Vin = 5Vdc Vout = __________
Voutpk when Vin = 0.5Vpk sinusoid, f = 1kHz Voutpk = ________

Simulate the circuit of Figure 1 in NI Multisim using LM741 OpAmp, then measure the
following:

Vout when Vin = 0.5Vdc Vout = __________

Compute the voltage gain Av = Vout/Vin = ____________

Vout when Vin = 5Vdc Vout = __________

Compute the voltage gain Av = Vout/Vin = ____________

Voutpk when Vin = 0.5Vpk sinusoid, f = 1kHz Voutpk = ________

 Compute the voltage gain Av = Voutpk/Vinpk = ____________

Voutpk when Vin = 0.5Vpk sinusoid, f = 200kHz Voutpk = ________

Compute the voltage gain Av = Voutpk/Vinpk = ____________

Questions:
1. Does the obtained voltage from each measurement, both by computation and
simulation, match when Vin = 0.5V?
2. Compare the actual Vout and simulated Vout when Vin = 5Vdc. Are they equal?
Explain.

2) NON-INVERTING OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER

Figure 2. Non-inverting Operational Amplifier

Compute the following

Voltage gain of the given circuit. Av = 6

Vout when Vin = 0.5Vdc Vout = 3
Vout when Vin = 5Vdc Vout = 30 V
Voutpk when Vin = 0.5Vpk sinusoid, f = 1kHz Voutpk = 2.963

Simulate the circuit of Figure 2 in NI Multisim using LM741 OpAmp, then measure the
following:

Vout when Vin = 0.5Vdc Vout = 3

Compute the voltage gain Av = Vout/Vin = 6

Vout when Vin = 5Vdc Vout = 12.08

Compute the voltage gain Av = Vout/Vin = 2.416

Voutpk when Vin = 0.5Vpk sinusoid, f = 1kHz Voutpk = 2.9988

Compute the voltage gain Av = Voutpk/Vinpk = 5.9976

Voutpk when Vin = 0.5Vpk sinusoid, f = 200kHz Voutpk =2.9872

Compute the voltage gain Av = Voutpk/Vinpk = 5.9744
 Questions:
1. Does the obtained voltage from each measurement, both by computation and
simulation, match when Vin = 0.5V?
2. Compare the actual Vout and simulated Vout when Vin = 5Vdc. Are they equal?
Explain.

3) SUMMING OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER

Figure 3. Summing Operational Amplifier

Compute the following

Vout when V1 = 0.5Vdc and V2 = 1Vdc Vout = -7.5 V

Simulate the circuit of Figure 3 in NI Multisim using LM741 OpAmp, then measure the
following:

Vout when V1 = 0.5Vdc and V2 = 1Vdc Vout = -7.5

 Voutpk when V1 = 0.5Vpk and V2 = 1Vpk sinusoid, f = 1kHz Voutpk = 7.4922 V

4) DIFFERENCE AMPLIFIER

Figure 4. Difference Amplifier

 Measure the Vout with an input voltage equal to the value given from the table
below.
V1 V2 Vout

1 0 -997.55 mV

0 1 1V

1 -1 -2

-1 1 2

5 2 -3

4 7 3

-2 3 5

4 2 -2

Questions:
1. What did you observe about the output voltage given the two inputs?
2. What kind of configuration is the given circuit?
3. How does it work?
4. What is the solution for Vout if R1 ≠ R2 ≠ R3 ≠ R4?

II. OPEN LOOP CONFIGURATION

a. COMPARATOR (DC Input)

Measure Vout with input voltages equal to the value given from the table below.
V1 V2 Vout

1 0 14.027 V

0 1 -14.027 V

1 -1 14.027 V

-1 1 -14.027 V

5 2 14.027 V

4 7 -14.027 V

Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of configuration is the given circuit?
 2. How does it work?
3. What is the maximum output voltage swing?

b. Setup the circuit. Insert a triangular signal with frequency = 1kHz and Vp = 10V.

Vary the potentiometer by rotating the knob CW/CCW and observe the signals in the
4-Channel oscilloscope.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the waveform of the output signal?
2. What are the frequency and amplitude of the output?
3. What happen to the output signal when varying the potentiometer?
4. How does it work?
5. What is the maximum output voltage swing?

INDIVIDUAL CONCLUSION:

EVIDENCE OF GROUP WORK: