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Difference Between Amplifier and Op-Amp

The document compares amplifiers and op-amps. It defines an amplifier as an electronic device that increases the magnitude of an input signal, while an op-amp is a high-gain voltage amplifier with differential inputs and a single-ended output. It describes key characteristics of ideal and practical op-amps, such as infinite and high voltage gain. The document also discusses inverting and non-inverting op-amp circuits and their use in applications like summing and differentiating signals.

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Difference Between Amplifier and Op-Amp

The document compares amplifiers and op-amps. It defines an amplifier as an electronic device that increases the magnitude of an input signal, while an op-amp is a high-gain voltage amplifier with differential inputs and a single-ended output. It describes key characteristics of ideal and practical op-amps, such as infinite and high voltage gain. The document also discusses inverting and non-inverting op-amp circuits and their use in applications like summing and differentiating signals.

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

AMPLIFIER AND OP-AMP

Nauman Bajwa (16130810-023)


Haider Ali (16130810-005)
Ayehsa Mazhar (16130810-056)
Maria Noreen (16130810-031)
WHAT IS AMPLIFIER?

• An amplifier is an electronic device or circuit which


is used to increase the magnitude of the signal
applied to its input.
INTRODUCTION TO THE AMPLIFIER

• Amplifier is the generic term used to describe a circuit which


produces and increased version of its input signal.
• Not all amplifier circuits are the same as they are classified
according to their circuit configurations and modes of operation.
• In “Electronics”, small signal amplifiers are commonly used
devices as they have the ability to amplify a relatively small input
signal, for example from a Sensor such as a photo-device, into a
much larger output signal to drive a relay, lamp or loudspeaker
for example.
ANALOG AND DIGITAL AMPLIFIER
GAIN OF AMPLIFIER

• Amplifier gain is simply the ratio of the output


divided-by the input. Gain has no units as its a ratio,
but in Electronics it is commonly given the symbol
“A”, for Amplification.
VOLTAGE GAIN ( AV ), CURRENT GAIN ( AI )
AND POWER GAIN ( AP )
EXPLANATION

• The amplified difference between the input and output


signals is known as the Gain of the amplifier. Gain is
basically a measure of how much an amplifier “amplifies” the
input signal. For example, if we have an input signal of 1 volt
and an output of 50 volts, then the gain of the amplifier would
be “50”. In other words, the input signal has been increased
by a factor of 50. This increase is called Gain.
WHAT IS OP-AMPLIFIER?

• An operational amplifier is a DC-coupled high-gain


electronic voltage amplifier with a differential input and,
usually, a single-ended output.
TWO BASIC OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS

There are two types of op-amp

a) Inverting op-amp
b) Non Inverting op-amp
INVERTING AND NON INVERTING OP-AMP

• Inverting op-amp: • Non Inverting op-amp:


CHARACTERISTICS OF IDEAL OP-AMP

• Infinite voltage gain


• Infinitely high impedance
• Zero output impedance
• Zero noise
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRACTICAL OP-AMP

• High voltage gain


• High input impedance
• low output impedance

Impedance:
Electrical Impedance (Z), is the total opposition that a circuit presents to
alternating current.
BASIC POINTS

• For negative feedback, were the fed-back voltage is in


“anti-phase” to the input the overall gain of the amplifier is
reduced.
• For positive feedback, were the fed-back voltage is in
“Phase” with the input the overall gain of the amplifier is
increased.
BASIC POINTS

• By connecting the output directly back to the


negative input terminal, 100% feedback is achieved
resulting in a Voltage Follower (buffer) circuit with a
constant gain of 1 (Unity).
• Changing the fixed feedback resistor ( Rƒ ) for a
Potentiometer, the circuit will have Adjustable Gain.
MORE TYPES OF AMPLIFIER:

• The Summing Amplifier


• The Differential Amplifier
• The integrator Amplifier
• The Differentiator Amplifier

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