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University of Jeddah
College of Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
ENEE-312

Lab 8:
Op-Amp differentiator and integrator

Name:
-Murtdah ALGhawi
ID:1947757
-Abdullah ALhumairy
ID:1845990
-Ahmed Alhjail
ID:1845366
Section: A
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1. Purpose:

The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate the operation of both a differentiator and an integrator using
an op-amp.

A differentiator is a circuit that calculates the instantaneous the line at every point on a waveform. On the
other hand, an integrator computes the area underneath the curve of a given waveform. Differentiator and
integration are paired mathematical operation in that one has the opposite effect of the other. For example, if
you integrate a waveform and then differentiate it, you obtain the original waveform.

II. Equipment

✓ Resistors

✓ Capacitors

✓741 op-amp

✓ Two DC power supplies

✓ Function generator

✓ Oscilloscope

III. Useful

Formulas

Differentiator:

Output voltage: Vout= -Rf C(dvin / dt

) Low frequency response:

fc= 1/2πRsC

. When fin < fc the circuit acts as a differentiator.

. When fin > fc the circuit approaches an inverting amplifier with a voltage gain of - Rs/Rs.
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Integrator:

Output voltage: Vout = -

Low frequency response: =

. When fin< fc: the circuit acts as an integrator.

When fin > fc: the circuit approaches an inverting amplifier with a voltage gain of

-Rs/R₁ .

IV. Procedure

1) Wire the differentiator circuit shown is the schematic diagram of figure.1, and set your

oscilloscope to the following approximate setting:

Channel 1: 0.5 V/division.

Channel 2: 0.5 V/division.

Time base: 0.5 ms/division.

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2) Apply power, and adjust the peak-to-peak voltage of the input triangle wave and the frequency at 3 KHz.
3) What is the type of the output signal?
Square.
4) Now measure the time duration for which the square-wave signal is negative (T
5) Adjust the input frequency at 2 KHz, 1 KHz and 400 Hz. Repeat step 4.
6) Measure the peak to peak output voltage and determine the voltage gain.

Input frequency Vin Measured T1 Av

P-P output
3.5kHz 11 16.2V 144us 1.472V

3kHz 11 13.8V 168us 1.25V

2kHz 11 9.60V 249 us 0.87V

1kHz 11 5.44V 500 us 0.49V

400Hz 11 1.80V 1.248ms 0.16V

Input frequency Vin Measured T1 Av

P-P output
3.5kHz 10 30.106V 142us 3.010V

3kHz 10 29.78V 166us 2.978V

2kHz 10 16.54V 265.15us 1.654V

1kHz 10 8.2V 492us 0.82V

400Hz 10 3.3V 1.2ms 0.33V

7) change the frequency to 15 kHz. What does the output signal look like ?

It looks like triangle

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Integrator:

8) Wire the integrator circuit shown is the schematic diagram of figure.3, and set your oscilloscope to the
following approximate setting:

Channel 1 and 2: 0.5 V/division.

Channel 2: 0.5

V/division. Time base:

20 us/division.

9) Apply to the breadboard, and adjust the peak-to-peak voltage of the input square wave at 10 Vpp and
the frequency at 15 KHz.

10) Now measure the time duration for which the triangle-wave signal is negative (T1)
11) Adjust the input frequency at 10KHz and 4KHz. Repeat step 10.
12) Now change the frequency to 500 Hz. What does the output signal look like?

Square

13) Measure the peak-to-peak output voltage and determine the voltage gain.

Interpret your results:

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Input frequency Vin Measured T1 Av

P-P output
15kHz 11.9 26V 34us 2.18V

10kHz 11.9 30.2V 50.4us 2.53V

4kHz 11.9 30.4V 124.4us 2.55V

500Hz 11.9 30.6V 1.008ms 2.57V

Input frequency Vin Measured T1 Av

P-P output
15kHz 10 6.9V 34us 0.69V

10kHz 10 10.5V 50us 1.05V

4kHz 10 26.23V 124.05us 2.623V

500Hz 10 30.152V 1.004ms 3.015V

Question: What is the effect of the frequency in the two circuits?

DIFFERENTIATOR:- at the high frequencies the reactance of capacitor is a low values, that
will cause a high gain, and high output voltage, at high frequencies the op-amp differentiator
will tend to oscillate

INTEGRATOR:- as the input frequency increases, the capacitor is getting charged, and also
at the higher frequencies, the capacitor becomes like a short circuit, or it acts like a short circuit
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Differentiator
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