Lecture 7: Op Amps Intro & Midterm I Review Nilsson & Riedel ENG17 (Sec. 2): Circuits I Spring April 22, 2014
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Usage: Strain Gauge Measure strain by measuring change in resistance Problem: hard to measure tiny resistance change 3
How to Measure Measure voltage across Wheatstone bridge Voltage still a small quantity …Use an Op Amp to amplify the voltage! 4 Op Amp = Operational Amplifier Indicates potential to perform math operations Indicates potential to amplify input signals
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Op Amp Terminals 6
Terminal Voltage / Current 7 Follows the Node-Voltage Setup All currents set up as going into the “black box”
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Voltage Transfer Characteristic 9 A = gain (multiplying constant) Use “negative feedback” to stay in linear region
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Op Amp Circuit 11
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Difficulties 13 PS. Don’t forget about units!
Thevenin / Norton Equivalents 14
Superposition 15
Max Power Transfer 16
Questions? 17
Extra Office Hours Tomorrow, Wednesday, 5-7pm Kemper
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