An operational amplifier (often op amp or opamp) is a DC-coupled electronic voltage amplifier with a differential input, a (usually) single-ended output...
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This article illustrates some typical operational amplifier applications. A non-ideal operational amplifier's equivalent circuit has a finite input impedance...
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The operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) is an amplifier that outputs a current proportional to its input voltage. Thus, it is a voltage controlled...
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An amplifier, electronic amplifier or (informally) amp is an electronic device that can increase the magnitude of a signal (a time-varying voltage or...
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The current-feedback operational amplifier (CFOA or CFA) is a type of electronic amplifier whose inverting input is sensitive to current, rather than...
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A differential amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that amplifies the difference between two input voltages but suppresses any voltage common...
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schematically identical to a standard operational amplifier (op-amp), the electronic instrumentation amplifier is almost always internally composed of...
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Transconductance (redirect from Transconductance amplifier)
an operational amplifier and a single resistor. Simply connect the resistor between the output and the inverting input of the operational amplifier and...
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transimpedance amplifier (TIA) is a current to voltage converter, almost exclusively implemented with one or more operational amplifiers. The TIA can be...
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due to temperature change. In analog computing, feedback around operational amplifiers is used to generate mathematical functions such as addition, subtraction...
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Open-loop gain (section Operational amplifiers)
electronic amplifiers is exceedingly high (by design) – an ideal operational amplifier (op-amp) has infinite open-loop gain. Typically an op-amp may have...
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Pinout (section LM741 operational amplifier)
In electronics, a pinout (sometimes written "pin-out") is a cross-reference between the contacts, or pins, of an electrical connector or electronic component...
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The operational amplifier integrator is an electronic integration circuit. Based on the operational amplifier (op-amp), it performs the mathematical operation...
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capacitor. The charge amplifier was invented by Walter Kistler in 1950. Charge amplifiers are usually constructed using an operational amplifier or other high...
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DIY audio (section Operational amplifier swapping)
more efficient board layout. Operational amplifier (op-amps) swapping is the process of replacing an operational amplifier in audio equipment with a different...
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A log amplifier, also known as logarithmic amplifier or logarithm amplifier or log amp, is an amplifier for which the output voltage Vout is K times the...
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discrete devices, e.g. VCR2N. Another type of circuit uses operational transconductance amplifiers. In audio applications logarithmic gain control is used...
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ways. An active circuit, using a device such as a transistor or operational amplifier A passive circuit, using autotransformers. These are typically used...
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The precision rectifier is a configuration obtained with an operational amplifier in order to have a circuit behave like an ideal diode and rectifier...
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Gain–bandwidth product (category Electronic amplifiers)
the gain at which the bandwidth is measured. For devices such as operational amplifiers that are designed to have a simple one-pole frequency response,...
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engineering, frequency compensation is a technique used in amplifiers, and especially in amplifiers employing negative feedback. It usually has two primary...
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A negative-feedback amplifier (or feedback amplifier) is an electronic amplifier that subtracts a fraction of its output from its input, so that negative...
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of two input currents. The Norton amplifier can be regarded as the dual of the operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) which takes a differential...
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reasonable approximation to an amplifier with unity voltage gain. Modern analog filter implementations may use operational amplifiers (also called op amps). Because...
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typically an amplifier. Amplifiers included in a filter design can be used to improve the cost, performance and predictability of a filter. An amplifier prevents...
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23, 1998) was the inventor of the operational amplifier (or 'opamp'). He filed the patent for the 'summing amplifier' in 1941 when working at Bell Labs...
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A valve amplifier or tube amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that uses vacuum tubes to increase the amplitude or power of a signal. Low to medium...
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A direct-coupled amplifier or DC amplifier is a type of amplifier in which the output of one stage of the amplifier is coupled to the input of the next...
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A programmable-gain amplifier (PGA) is an electronic amplifier (typically based on an operational amplifier) whose gain can be controlled by external...
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more operational amplifiers ("op amps"), named because they perform mathematical operations. Op amps are a particular type of feedback amplifier with...
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