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Additional Experiments Experiment No:1 Operational Amplifier Frequency Response Lab Objectives

This experiment aims to characterize the frequency response of an operational amplifier (op amp) in both open and closed loop configurations. Key measurements include: 1. Determining the unity gain bandwidth (UGBW) of a 741 op amp in a voltage follower configuration and comparing it to the datasheet specifications. 2. Measuring the step response and rise time of the voltage follower to calculate bandwidth and compare to UGBW. 3. Measuring the slew rate of the 741 op amp and using it to calculate the maximum output voltage without slew rate limiting at different frequencies. 4. Constructing an circuit to directly measure the open loop gain (Ao) of the 7

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Additional Experiments Experiment No:1 Operational Amplifier Frequency Response Lab Objectives

This experiment aims to characterize the frequency response of an operational amplifier (op amp) in both open and closed loop configurations. Key measurements include: 1. Determining the unity gain bandwidth (UGBW) of a 741 op amp in a voltage follower configuration and comparing it to the datasheet specifications. 2. Measuring the step response and rise time of the voltage follower to calculate bandwidth and compare to UGBW. 3. Measuring the slew rate of the 741 op amp and using it to calculate the maximum output voltage without slew rate limiting at different frequencies. 4. Constructing an circuit to directly measure the open loop gain (Ao) of the 7

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Additional Experiments

Experiment No:1 Operational Amplifier Frequency Response Lab

Objectives:
To become familiar with the frequency response of a typical operational
amplifiers in both open loop and closed loop op amp configurations.

Materials List:
1. 741 Op-Amp
2. Assorted Resistors
3. Dual Power Supply
4. Function Generator
5. Dual Channel Oscilloscope
6. DMM
7. Seven cycle Semilog Graph Paper

Procedure:
A. Unity Gain Bandwidth, UGBW, or Gain Bandwidth Product, GBWP
1. Determine the UGBW for a typical 741 from the specification sheet.
2. Assemble your operational amplifier in a closed loop unity gain, voltage
follower configuration. Use ±15V supplies and use 10μF bypass capacitor on your
proto board.
3. Keeping the output swing at or below 100mVpp, determine the upper cutoff
frequency, ff, for your voltage follower circuit. Measure the magnitude of the gain
as a function of frequency out to 10MHz.
4. Remember, that the product of the gain times the bandwidth remains constant
for the non-inverting amplifier, Aofo = Af ff = GBWP since Af = 1 for the
follower, ff = UGBW = GBWP.

B. Transient Response

1. Considering that the frequency response of your voltage follower circuit can be
approximated as a single pole response at ff = UGBW (i.e. a low pass RC filter
with ff = 1/(2 π τ)), derive the following relationship, BW ≈ 0.35/tr, where t, is the
rise time of the output voltage in response to a step function of input voltage,
defined as the time between the 10% and 90% of final steady state value of output
voltage.
2. Drive your voltage follower circuit with a 0 to 80mV square wave at 1kHz, and
measure the rise time.

3. Compute the BW from your measured value of tr and compare to ff = UGBW.

C. Slew Rate

1. Determine a typical value for the slew rate of your 741 op amp from the
specification sheet.

2. Drive your voltage follower with a 10VPP square wave at 10kHz. Measure and
record the output waveform on graph paper and calculate the slew rate. Compare to
specification sheet values.

3. From your measured value of slew rate, use differential calculus to determine
the maximum value of the sinusoidal peak to peak output voltage without being
slew rate limited as a function of frequency. Complete Table 1.

Table 1: Maximum Peak to Peak Output Voltage without Slew Rate Limiting

4. Measure the maximum output without slew rate limited distortion of your
voltage follower and complete Table 1, and compare results.
D. Open Loop Frequency Response

1. Consider the circuit shown below in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Circuit for Measuring Open Loop Gain


vo = Ao v3

v3 = va( R3 / (R3 + R2))

vo = - AovRa(R3 / (R3 + R2))

Ao = -((R3 + R2) / R3) • vo / va = -1001(vo / va)


Therefore, by simultaneously measuring vo and va we can determine Ao as a
function of frequency.

2. Assemble the circuit shown in Figure 1. At each frequency, select vg to obtain


measurable values of both vo and va, but do not exceed the maximum output
voltages determined previously in Table 1. For frequencies below 10kHz, use R2 =
100kΩ, R3 = 100 Ω. For frequencies of 10kHz and above, use R2 = 0, R3 = ∞,
resulting in Ao = vo / va. Complete Table 2.

Table 2: Open Loop Frequency Response


3. Plot | Ao | dB versus frequency on Semilog paper. Draw straight line
approximation to the data (i.e. Bode Plot), and determine the low frequency open
loop gain Ao and the open loop bandwidth in fo.

4. Compare in Aofo to the GBWP found in Step A, Part 4.

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