Lab 1
Lab 1
Experiment no.: 01
Name of the experiment: Study of Operational Amplifier as an Inverting Amplifier, Non-
inverting Amplifier and Voltage Follower (Buffer), Adder, Integrator, Differentiator.
Software:
Proteus
V4 = 5 V
V4 = - 5 V
The input signal to the differentiator is applied to the capacitor. The capacitor
blocks any DC content so there is no current flow to the amplifier summing point,
X resulting in zero output voltage. The capacitor only allows AC type input voltage
changes to pass through and whose frequency is dependant on the rate of change
of the input signal. At low frequencies the reactance of the capacitor is “High”
resulting in a low gain ( Rƒ/Xc ) and low output voltage from the op-amp. At higher
frequencies the reactance of the capacitor is much lower resulting in a higher gain
and higher output voltage from the differentiator amplifier. However, at high
frequencies an op-amp differentiator circuit becomes unstable and will start to
oscillate. This is due mainly to the first-order effect, which determines the
frequency response of the op-amp circuit causing a second-order response which,
at high frequencies gives an output voltage far higher than what would be
expected. To avoid this the high frequency gain of the circuit needs to be reduced
by adding an additional small value capacitor across the feedback resistor Rƒ.
Square Wave
Triangular Wave
Sine Wave
2.
R = 2k, R1 = 2K, R2 = 2K
Vo = 1 V, Vi = 1 V
Discussion :
The objective of this experiment was to study the different applications of an
Operational Amplifier. Using the proteus software, circuit diagrams were made on
schematic and various applications of an Op-amp were verified from the results.
From the graphs obtained from the simulation, it can be seen perfectly that an
Op-amp acts as an amplifier, both as inverting and non inverting, buffer, adder,
integrator and differentiator. There are no cases of error in the simulation and the
objectives were met.