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:
The gain is given by:

G () =

1
RC

that is

G (200) =

1
= 100
200RC

= RC =

1
20000

therefore

G () =

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1
20000
=
= 1V / V
RC
2f

f = 10000 Hz

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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Question 6

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:

G () =

for

G (0 ) = 0.00010 = 1

when f=10fo

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R
= jRC = j 10000 0.0110 6 = j 0.0001
1
j C
0 = 10000

f 0 = 10000 / 2

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?
Solution:

Rf
Rf
Rf
v3
v2 +
v1 +
v0 =
R3
R2
R1
50
50
50
=
v1 +
v2 +
v1
100
100
100

= v1 + v2 = (3 1.5) = 1.5V
2

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Question 8

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

R1 =

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v1
2V

= 20 K
i1 0.1mA

R2

2V
= 120 K,
0.1mA

R f = 60 K

Question 9

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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

v02 = (1 +

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10 R
)v2 = 11v2
R

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Solution:
Disabling v2, the circuit is an inverting amplifier, therefore

v01 =

10 R
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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