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id="toc-Differential_amplifier-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Voltage_amplifier" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voltage_amplifier"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Voltage amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voltage_amplifier-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Output_amplifier" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Output_amplifier"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.3</span> <span>Output amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Output_amplifier-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Biasing_circuits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Biasing_circuits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Biasing circuits</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Biasing_circuits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Differential_amplifier_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Differential_amplifier_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Differential amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Differential_amplifier_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Voltage_amplifier_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voltage_amplifier_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>Voltage amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voltage_amplifier_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Output_amplifier_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Output_amplifier_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>Output amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Output_amplifier_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Small-signal_differential_mode" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Small-signal_differential_mode"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Small-signal differential mode</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Small-signal_differential_mode-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Input_impedance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Input_impedance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Input impedance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Input_impedance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Differential_amplifier_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Differential_amplifier_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.2</span> <span>Differential amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Differential_amplifier_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Voltage_amplifier_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voltage_amplifier_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.3</span> <span>Voltage amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voltage_amplifier_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Output_amplifier_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Output_amplifier_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.4</span> <span>Output amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Output_amplifier_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_linear_characteristics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_linear_characteristics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Other linear characteristics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_linear_characteristics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Overall_open-loop_gain" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Overall_open-loop_gain"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Overall open-loop gain</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Overall_open-loop_gain-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Small-signal_common_mode_gain" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Small-signal_common_mode_gain"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.2</span> <span>Small-signal common mode gain</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Small-signal_common_mode_gain-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Frequency_compensation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Frequency_compensation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.3</span> <span>Frequency compensation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Frequency_compensation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Input_offset_voltage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Input_offset_voltage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.4</span> <span>Input offset voltage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Input_offset_voltage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-linear_characteristics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-linear_characteristics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Non-linear characteristics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-linear_characteristics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Input_breakdown_voltage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Input_breakdown_voltage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.1</span> <span>Input breakdown voltage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Input_breakdown_voltage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Output-stage_voltage_swing_and_current_limiting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Output-stage_voltage_swing_and_current_limiting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.2</span> <span>Output-stage voltage swing and current limiting</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Output-stage_voltage_swing_and_current_limiting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Applicability_considerations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Applicability_considerations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Applicability considerations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Applicability_considerations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Classification" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Classification"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Classification</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Classification-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Applications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Applications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Applications</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Applications-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Applications subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Applications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Use_in_electronics_system_design" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Use_in_electronics_system_design"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Use in electronics system design</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Use_in_electronics_system_design-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Applications_without_feedback" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Applications_without_feedback"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Applications without feedback</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Applications_without_feedback-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Positive-feedback_applications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Positive-feedback_applications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Positive-feedback applications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Positive-feedback_applications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Negative-feedback_applications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Negative-feedback_applications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Negative-feedback applications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Negative-feedback_applications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Non-inverting_amplifier" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-inverting_amplifier"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.1</span> <span>Non-inverting amplifier</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-inverting_amplifier-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inverting_amplifier" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inverting_amplifier"> 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data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="تقویت‌کننده عملیاتی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تقویت‌کننده عملیاتی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplificateur_op%C3%A9rationnel" title="Amplificateur opérationnel – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Amplificateur opérationnel" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li 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hreflang="hi" data-title="आपरेशनल एम्प्लिफायर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operacijsko_poja%C4%8Dalo" title="Operacijsko pojačalo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Operacijsko pojačalo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguat_operasional" title="Penguat operasional – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Penguat operasional" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplificatore_operazionale" title="Amplificatore operazionale – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Amplificatore operazionale" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%91%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%AA" title="מגבר שרת – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מגבר שרת" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%BA%D2%AF%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%88" title="Операциялық күшейткіш – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Операциялық күшейткіш" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampflificator_operationalis" title="Ampflificator operationalis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ampflificator operationalis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operacion%C4%81lais_pastiprin%C4%81t%C4%81js" title="Operacionālais pastiprinātājs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Operacionālais pastiprinātājs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operacinis_stiprintuvas" title="Operacinis stiprintuvas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Operacinis stiprintuvas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C5%B1veleti_er%C5%91s%C3%ADt%C5%91" title="Műveleti erősítő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Műveleti erősítő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC" title="ഓപ്പറേഷണൽ ആംപ്ലിഫയർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഓപ്പറേഷണൽ ആംപ്ലിഫയർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguat_kendalian" title="Penguat kendalian – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Penguat kendalian" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AE%E1%80%96%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC" title="အော်ပရေရှင်နယ် အင်ပလီဖိုင်ယာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အော်ပရေရှင်နယ် အင်ပလီဖိုင်ယာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operationele_versterker" title="Operationele versterker – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Operationele versterker" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97" title="オペアンプ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オペアンプ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operasjonsforsterker" title="Operasjonsforsterker – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Operasjonsforsterker" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operasjonsforsterkar" title="Operasjonsforsterkar – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Operasjonsforsterkar" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qarshilikli_kuchaytirgich" title="Qarshilikli kuchaytirgich – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Qarshilikli kuchaytirgich" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wzmacniacz_operacyjny" title="Wzmacniacz operacyjny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wzmacniacz operacyjny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplificador_operacional" title="Amplificador operacional – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Amplificador operacional" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplificator_opera%C8%9Bional" title="Amplificator operațional – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Amplificator operațional" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Операционный усилитель – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Операционный усилитель" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplifikator%C3%ABt_operacional" title="Amplifikatorët operacional – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Amplifikatorët operacional" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera%C4%8Dn%C3%BD_zosil%C5%88ova%C4%8D" title="Operačný zosilňovač – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Operačný zosilňovač" 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Swartzel Jr.">Karl D. Swartzel Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Pin names</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>V<sub>+</sub></b> non-inverting input</li><li><b>V<sub>−</sub></b> inverting input</li><li><b>V<sub>out</sub></b> output</li><li><b>V<sub>S+</sub></b> positive power supply<sup id="cite_ref-ps_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ps-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><b>V<sub>S−</sub></b> negative power supply<sup id="cite_ref-ps_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ps-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Electronic_symbol" title="Electronic symbol">Electronic symbol</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="skin-invert-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Op-amp_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Op-amp_symbol.svg/250px-Op-amp_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Op-amp_symbol.svg/500px-Op-amp_symbol.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="363" /></a></span></div><br />Circuit diagram symbol for a representative op amp. Pins are labeled as listed above.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>An <b>operational amplifier</b> (often <b>op amp</b> or <b>opamp</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Direct_coupling" title="Direct coupling">DC-coupled</a> <a href="/wiki/Electronic_component" title="Electronic component">electronic</a> <a href="/wiki/Voltage" title="Voltage">voltage</a> <a href="/wiki/Amplifier" title="Amplifier">amplifier</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Differential_input" class="mw-redirect" title="Differential input">differential input</a>, a (usually) <a href="/wiki/Single-ended_signaling" title="Single-ended signaling">single-ended</a> output,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an extremely high <a href="/wiki/Gain_(electronics)" title="Gain (electronics)">gain</a>. Its name comes from its original use of performing <a href="/wiki/Mathematical_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathematical operations">mathematical operations</a> in <a href="/wiki/Analog_computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Analog computers">analog computers</a>. </p><p>By using <a href="/wiki/Negative_feedback" title="Negative feedback">negative feedback</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Op_amp_circuits" class="mw-redirect" title="Op amp circuits">op amp circuit</a>'s characteristics (e.g. its gain, input and <a href="/wiki/Output_impedance" title="Output impedance">output impedance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bandwidth_(signal_processing)" title="Bandwidth (signal processing)">bandwidth</a>, and functionality) can be determined by external components and have little dependence on <a href="/wiki/Temperature_coefficient" title="Temperature coefficient">temperature coefficients</a> or <a href="/wiki/Engineering_tolerance" title="Engineering tolerance">engineering tolerance</a> in the op amp itself. This flexibility has made the op amp a popular building block in <a href="/wiki/Analog_circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Analog circuit">analog circuits</a>. </p><p>Today, op amps are used widely in consumer, industrial, and scientific electronics. Many standard <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuit</a> op amps cost only a few cents; however, some integrated or hybrid operational amplifiers with special performance specifications may cost over <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>100.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Op amps may be packaged as <a href="/wiki/Electronic_component" title="Electronic component">components</a> or used as elements of more complex <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuits</a>. </p><p>The op amp is one type of <a href="/wiki/Differential_amplifier" title="Differential amplifier">differential amplifier</a>. Other differential amplifier types include the <a href="/wiki/Fully_differential_amplifier" title="Fully differential amplifier">fully differential amplifier</a> (an op amp with a <a href="/wiki/Differential_signalling" title="Differential signalling">differential</a> rather than single-ended output), the <a href="/wiki/Instrumentation_amplifier" title="Instrumentation amplifier">instrumentation amplifier</a> (usually built from three op amps), the <a href="/wiki/Isolation_amplifier" title="Isolation amplifier">isolation amplifier</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Galvanic_isolation" title="Galvanic isolation">galvanic isolation</a> between input and output), and <a href="/wiki/Negative-feedback_amplifier" title="Negative-feedback amplifier">negative-feedback amplifier</a> (usually built from one or more op amps and a resistive feedback network). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operation">Operation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Operation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Op-amp_open-loop_1.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Op-amp_open-loop_1.svg/220px-Op-amp_open-loop_1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Op-amp_open-loop_1.svg/330px-Op-amp_open-loop_1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Op-amp_open-loop_1.svg/440px-Op-amp_open-loop_1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="136" data-file-height="128" /></a><figcaption>An op amp without negative feedback (a comparator)</figcaption></figure> <p>The amplifier's differential inputs consist of a non-inverting input (+) with voltage <i>V<sub>+</sub></i> and an inverting input (−) with voltage <i>V<sub>−</sub></i>; ideally the op amp amplifies only the difference in voltage between the two, which is called the <i>differential input voltage</i>. The output voltage of the op amp <i>V</i><sub>out</sub> is given by the equation </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}),}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>+</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}),}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/283725e5e699d1e4e188a28fac17e3a31610cb0e" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:22.371ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}),}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>where <i>A</i><sub>OL</sub> is the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_feedback_loops" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic feedback loops">open-loop</a> gain of the amplifier (the term "open-loop" refers to the absence of an external feedback loop from the output to the input). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Open-loop_amplifier">Open-loop amplifier</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Open-loop amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The magnitude of <i>A</i><sub>OL</sub> is typically very large (100,000 or more for integrated circuit op amps, corresponding to +100 <a href="/wiki/Decibel" title="Decibel">dB</a>). Thus, even small microvolts of difference between <i>V</i><sub>+</sub> and <i>V</i><sub>−</sub> may drive the amplifier into <a href="/wiki/Clipping_(signal_processing)" title="Clipping (signal processing)">clipping</a> or <a href="/wiki/Saturation_current" title="Saturation current">saturation</a>. The magnitude of <i>A</i><sub>OL</sub> is not well controlled by the manufacturing process, and so it is impractical to use an open-loop amplifier as a stand-alone <a href="/wiki/Differential_amplifier" title="Differential amplifier">differential amplifier</a>. </p><p>Without <a href="/wiki/Negative_feedback_amplifier" class="mw-redirect" title="Negative feedback amplifier">negative feedback</a>, and optionally <a href="/wiki/Positive_feedback" title="Positive feedback">positive feedback</a> for <a href="/wiki/Regenerative_circuit" title="Regenerative circuit">regeneration</a>, an <i><a href="/wiki/Electronic_feedback_loops" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic feedback loops">open-loop</a></i> op amp acts as a <a href="/wiki/Comparator" title="Comparator">comparator</a>, although comparator ICs are better suited.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the inverting input is held at ground (0 V), and the input voltage <i>V</i><sub>in</sub> applied to the non-inverting input is positive, the output will be maximum positive; if <i>V</i><sub>in</sub> is negative, the output will be maximum negative. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Closed-loop_amplifier">Closed-loop amplifier</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Closed-loop amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Operational_amplifier_noninverting.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Operational_amplifier_noninverting.svg/220px-Operational_amplifier_noninverting.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Operational_amplifier_noninverting.svg/330px-Operational_amplifier_noninverting.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Operational_amplifier_noninverting.svg/440px-Operational_amplifier_noninverting.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="146" data-file-height="144" /></a><figcaption>An op amp with negative feedback (a non-inverting amplifier)</figcaption></figure> <p>If predictable operation is desired, negative feedback is used, by applying a portion of the output voltage to the inverting input. The <i>closed-loop</i> feedback greatly reduces the gain of the circuit. When negative feedback is used, the circuit's overall gain and response is determined primarily by the feedback network, rather than by the op-amp characteristics. If the feedback network is made of components with values small relative to the op amp's input impedance, the value of the op amp's open-loop response <i>A</i><sub>OL</sub> does not seriously affect the circuit's performance. In this context, high input <a href="/wiki/Electrical_impedance" title="Electrical impedance">impedance</a> at the input terminals and low output impedance at the output terminal(s) are particularly useful features of an op amp. </p><p>The response of the op-amp circuit with its input, output, and feedback circuits to an input is characterized mathematically by a <a href="/wiki/Transfer_function" title="Transfer function">transfer function</a>; designing an op-amp circuit to have a desired transfer function is in the realm of <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineering" title="Electrical engineering">electrical engineering</a>. The transfer functions are important in most applications of op amps, such as in <a href="/wiki/Analog_computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Analog computers">analog computers</a>. </p><p>In the non-inverting amplifier on the right, the presence of negative feedback via the <a href="/wiki/Voltage_divider" title="Voltage divider">voltage divider</a> <i>R</i><sub>f</sub>, <i>R</i><sub>g</sub> determines the <i>closed-loop gain</i> <i>A</i><sub>CL</sub> = <span class="nowrap"><i>V</i><sub>out</sub> / <i>V</i><sub>in</sub></span>. Equilibrium will be established when <i>V</i><sub>out</sub> is just sufficient to pull the inverting input to the same voltage as <i>V</i><sub>in</sub>. The voltage gain of the entire circuit is thus <span class="nowrap">1 + <i>R</i><sub>f</sub> / <i>R</i><sub>g</sub></span>. As a simple example, if <i>V</i><sub>in</sub> = 1 V and R<sub>f</sub> = <i>R</i><sub>g</sub>, <i>V</i><sub>out</sub> will be 2 V, exactly the amount required to keep <i>V</i><sub>−</sub> at 1 V. Because of the feedback provided by the <i>R</i><sub>f</sub>, <i>R</i><sub>g</sub> network, this is a <i>closed-loop</i> circuit. </p><p>Another way to analyze this circuit proceeds by making the following (usually valid) assumptions:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>When an op amp operates in linear (i.e., not saturated) mode, the difference in voltage between the non-inverting (+) and inverting (−) pins is negligibly small.</li> <li>The input impedance of the (+) and (−) pins is much larger than other resistances in the circuit.</li></ol> <p>The input signal <i>V</i><sub>in</sub> appears at both (+) and (−) pins per assumption 1, resulting in a current <i>i</i> through <i>R</i><sub>g</sub> equal to <span class="nowrap"><i>V</i><sub>in</sub> / <i>R</i><sub>g</sub></span>: <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle i={\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>i</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>g</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle i={\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/93566e4cdaabfd29bb4999985ac2e9182ffff1b0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:7.696ex; height:5.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle i={\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}}" /></span> </p><p>Since Kirchhoff's current law states that the same current must leave a node as enter it, and since the impedance into the (−) pin is near infinity per assumption 2, we can assume practically all of the same current <i>i</i> flows through <i>R</i><sub>f</sub>, creating an output voltage <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=V_{\text{in}}+iR_{\text{f}}=V_{\text{in}}+\left({\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}R_{\text{f}}\right)=V_{\text{in}}+{\frac {V_{\text{in}}R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}=V_{\text{in}}\left(1+{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}\right)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <mi>i</mi> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>g</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>g</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mn>1</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>g</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=V_{\text{in}}+iR_{\text{f}}=V_{\text{in}}+\left({\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}R_{\text{f}}\right)=V_{\text{in}}+{\frac {V_{\text{in}}R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}=V_{\text{in}}\left(1+{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}\right)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/cedde1334b3621e2f7f86a6a719cdef4f7ab9a58" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:67.817ex; height:6.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=V_{\text{in}}+iR_{\text{f}}=V_{\text{in}}+\left({\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}R_{\text{f}}\right)=V_{\text{in}}+{\frac {V_{\text{in}}R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}=V_{\text{in}}\left(1+{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}\right)}" /></span> </p><p>By combining terms, we determine the closed-loop gain <i>A</i><sub>CL</sub>: <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A_{\text{CL}}={\frac {V_{\text{out}}}{V_{\text{in}}}}=1+{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>CL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>g</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A_{\text{CL}}={\frac {V_{\text{out}}}{V_{\text{in}}}}=1+{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2dbae5ab0765dbf0a73055503798afe04efa2e53" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.505ex; width:22.843ex; height:5.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A_{\text{CL}}={\frac {V_{\text{out}}}{V_{\text{in}}}}=1+{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{g}}}}}" /></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Op-amp_characteristics">Op-amp characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Op-amp characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ideal_op_amps">Ideal op amps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ideal op amps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Op-Amp_Internal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Op-Amp_Internal.svg/250px-Op-Amp_Internal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Op-Amp_Internal.svg/375px-Op-Amp_Internal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Op-Amp_Internal.svg/500px-Op-Amp_Internal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>An equivalent circuit of an operational amplifier that models some resistive non-ideal parameters.</figcaption></figure> <p>An ideal op amp is usually considered to have the following characteristics:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Infinite <a href="/wiki/Open-loop_gain" title="Open-loop gain">open-loop gain</a> <i>G</i> = <i>v</i><sub>out</sub> / <i>v</i><sub>in</sub></li> <li>Infinite <a href="/wiki/Input_impedance" title="Input impedance">input impedance</a> <i>R</i><sub>in</sub>, and so zero input current</li> <li>Zero <a href="/wiki/Input_offset_voltage" title="Input offset voltage">input offset voltage</a></li> <li>Infinite output voltage range</li> <li>Infinite <a href="/wiki/Bandwidth_(signal_processing)" title="Bandwidth (signal processing)">bandwidth</a> with zero <a href="/wiki/Phase_shift" class="mw-redirect" title="Phase shift">phase shift</a> and infinite <a href="/wiki/Slew_rate" title="Slew rate">slew rate</a></li> <li>Zero <a href="/wiki/Output_impedance" title="Output impedance">output impedance</a> <i>R</i><sub>out</sub>, and so infinite output current range</li> <li>Zero <a href="/wiki/Electronic_noise" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic noise">noise</a></li> <li>Infinite <a href="/wiki/Common-mode_rejection_ratio" title="Common-mode rejection ratio">common-mode rejection ratio</a> (CMRR)</li> <li>Infinite <a href="/wiki/Power_supply_rejection_ratio" title="Power supply rejection ratio">power supply rejection ratio</a>.</li></ul> <p>These ideals can be summarized by the two <em>golden rules</em>: </p> <ol><li>In a closed loop the output does whatever is necessary to make the voltage difference between the inputs zero.</li> <li>The inputs draw zero current.<sup id="cite_ref-AoE_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AoE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 177">: 177 </span></sup></li></ol> <p>The first rule only applies in the usual case where the op amp is used in a closed-loop design (negative feedback, where there is a signal path of some sort feeding back from the output to the inverting input). These rules are commonly used as a good first approximation for analyzing or designing op-amp circuits.<sup id="cite_ref-AoE_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AoE-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 177">: 177 </span></sup> </p><p>None of these ideals can be perfectly realized. A real op amp may be modeled with non-infinite or non-zero parameters using equivalent resistors and capacitors in the op-amp model. The designer can then include these effects into the overall performance of the final circuit. Some parameters may turn out to have negligible effect on the final design while others represent actual limitations of the final performance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Real_op_amps">Real op amps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Real op amps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Real op amps differ from the ideal model in various aspects. </p> <dl><dt>Finite gain</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Open-loop_gain" title="Open-loop gain">Open-loop gain</a> is finite in real operational amplifiers. Typical devices exhibit open-loop DC gain exceeding 100,000. So long as the <a href="/wiki/Loop_gain" title="Loop gain">loop gain</a> (i.e., the product of open-loop and feedback gains) is very large, the closed-loop gain will be determined entirely by the amount of negative feedback (i.e., it will be independent of open-loop gain). In applications where the closed-loop gain must be very high (approaching the open-loop gain), the feedback gain will be very low and the lower loop gain in these cases causes non-ideal behavior from the circuit.</dd> <dt>Non-zero <a href="/wiki/Output_impedance" title="Output impedance">output impedance</a></dt> <dd>Low output impedance is important for low-impedance loads; for these loads, the voltage drop across the output impedance effectively reduces the open-loop gain. In configurations with a voltage-sensing negative feedback, the output impedance of the amplifier is effectively lowered; thus, in linear applications, op-amp circuits usually exhibit a very low output impedance.</dd> <dd>Low-impedance outputs typically require high <a href="/wiki/Quiescent_current" class="mw-redirect" title="Quiescent current">quiescent (i.e., idle) current</a> in the output stage and will dissipate more power, so low-power designs may purposely sacrifice low output impedance.</dd> <dt>Finite <a href="/wiki/Input_impedance" title="Input impedance">input impedances</a></dt> <dd>The <i>differential input impedance</i> of the operational amplifier is defined as the impedance <i>between</i> its two inputs; the <i>common-mode input impedance</i> is the impedance from each input to ground. <a href="/wiki/MOSFET" title="MOSFET">MOSFET</a>-input operational amplifiers often have protection circuits that effectively short circuit any input differences greater than a small threshold, so the input impedance can appear to be very low in some tests. However, as long as these operational amplifiers are used in a typical high-gain negative feedback application, these protection circuits will be inactive. The input bias and leakage currents described below are a more important design parameter for typical operational amplifier applications.</dd> <dt>Input <a href="/wiki/Capacitance" title="Capacitance">capacitance</a></dt> <dd>Additional input impedance due to <a href="/wiki/Parasitic_capacitance" title="Parasitic capacitance">parasitic capacitance</a> can be a critical issue for high-frequency operation where it reduces input impedance and may cause phase shifts.</dd> <dt>Input current</dt> <dd>Due to <a href="/wiki/Biasing" title="Biasing">biasing</a> requirements or <a href="/wiki/Leakage_(semiconductors)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leakage (semiconductors)">leakage</a>, a small amount of current<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> flows into the inputs. When high resistances or sources with high output impedances are used in the circuit, these small currents can produce significant voltage drops. If the input currents are matched, <i>and</i> the impedance looking <i>out</i> of <i>both</i> inputs are matched, then those voltages at each input will be equal. Because the operational amplifier operates on the <i>difference</i> between its inputs, these matched voltages will have no effect. It is more common for the input currents to be slightly mismatched. The difference is called input offset current, and even with matched resistances a small <i>offset voltage</i> (distinct from the input offset voltage below) can be produced. This offset voltage can create offsets or drifting in the operational amplifier.</dd> <dt>Input offset voltage</dt> <dd>Input offset voltage is a voltage required across the op amp's input terminals to drive the output voltage to zero.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the perfect amplifier, there would be no input offset voltage. However, it exists because of imperfections in the differential amplifier input stage of op amps. Input offset voltage creates two problems: First, due to the amplifier's high voltage gain, it virtually assures that the amplifier output will go into saturation if it is operated without negative feedback, even when the input terminals are wired together. Second, in a closed loop, negative feedback configuration, the input offset voltage is amplified along with the signal and this may pose a problem if high precision DC amplification is required or if the input signal is very small.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Common-mode gain</dt> <dd>A perfect operational amplifier amplifies only the voltage difference between its two inputs, completely rejecting all voltages that are common to both. However, the differential input stage of an operational amplifier is never perfect, leading to the amplification of these common voltages to some degree. The standard measure of this defect is called the <a href="/wiki/Common-mode_rejection_ratio" title="Common-mode rejection ratio">common-mode rejection ratio</a> (CMRR). Minimization of common-mode gain is important in <a href="#Non-inverting_amplifier">non-inverting amplifiers</a> that operate at high gain.</dd> <dt>Power-supply rejection</dt> <dd>The output of a perfect operational amplifier will be independent of power supply voltage fluctuations. Every real operational amplifier has a finite <a href="/wiki/Power_supply_rejection_ratio" title="Power supply rejection ratio">power supply rejection ratio</a> (PSRR) that reflects how well the op amp can reject noise in its power supply from propagating to the output. With increasing frequency the power-supply rejection usually gets worse.</dd> <dt>Temperature effects</dt> <dd>Performance and properties of the amplifier typically changes, to some extent, with changes in temperature. Temperature drift of the input offset voltage is especially important.</dd> <dt>Drift</dt> <dd>Real op-amp parameters are subject to slow change over time and with changes in temperature, input conditions, etc.</dd> <dt>Finite <a href="/wiki/Bandwidth_(signal_processing)" title="Bandwidth (signal processing)">bandwidth</a></dt> <dd>All amplifiers have finite bandwidth. To a first approximation, the op amp has the frequency response of an <a href="/wiki/Integrator" title="Integrator">integrator</a> with gain. That is, the gain of a typical op amp is inversely proportional to frequency and is characterized by its <a href="/wiki/Gain%E2%80%93bandwidth_product" title="Gain–bandwidth product">gain–bandwidth product</a> (GBWP). For example, an op amp with a GBWP of 1 MHz would have a gain of 5 at 200 kHz, and a gain of 1 at 1 MHz. This dynamic response coupled with the very high DC gain of the op amp gives it the characteristics of a first-order <a href="/wiki/Low-pass_filter" title="Low-pass filter">low-pass filter</a> with very high DC gain and low cutoff frequency given by the GBWP divided by the DC gain.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>The finite bandwidth of an op amp can be the source of several problems, including:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1228772891">.mw-parser-output .glossary dt{margin-top:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .glossary dt+dt{margin-top:-0.2em}.mw-parser-output .glossary .templatequote{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:-0.5em}</style></dd></dl> <dl class="glossary"><dt id="stability"><dfn>Stability</dfn></dt><dd>Associated with the bandwidth limitation is a phase difference between the input signal and the amplifier output that can lead to <a href="/wiki/Electronic_oscillation" title="Electronic oscillation">oscillation</a> in some feedback circuits. For example, a sinusoidal output signal meant to interfere destructively with an input signal of the same frequency will interfere constructively if delayed by 180 degrees forming <a href="/wiki/Positive_feedback" title="Positive feedback">positive feedback</a>. In these cases, the feedback circuit can be <a href="/wiki/BIBO_stability" title="BIBO stability">stabilized</a> by means of <a href="/wiki/Frequency_compensation" title="Frequency compensation">frequency compensation</a>, which increases the <a href="/wiki/Gain_margin" class="mw-redirect" title="Gain margin">gain or phase margin</a> of the open-loop circuit. The circuit designer can implement this compensation externally with a separate circuit component. Alternatively, the compensation can be implemented within the operational amplifier with the addition of a <a href="/wiki/Frequency_compensation#Dominant-pole_compensation" title="Frequency compensation">dominant pole</a> that sufficiently attenuates the high-frequency gain of the operational amplifier. The location of this pole may be fixed internally by the manufacturer or configured by the circuit designer using methods specific to the op amp. In general, dominant-pole frequency compensation reduces the bandwidth of the op amp even further. When the desired closed-loop gain is high, op-amp frequency compensation is often not needed because the requisite open-loop gain is sufficiently low; consequently, applications with high closed-loop gain can make use of op amps with higher bandwidths.</dd><dt id="distortion,_and_other_effects"><dfn>Distortion, and other effects</dfn></dt><dd>Limited bandwidth also results in lower amounts of feedback at higher frequencies, producing higher distortion, and output impedance as the frequency increases.</dd></dl><div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div><p>Typical low-cost, general-purpose op amps exhibit a GBWP of a few megahertz. Specialty and high-speed op amps exist that can achieve a GBWP of hundreds of megahertz. For very high-frequency circuits, a <a href="/wiki/Current-feedback_operational_amplifier" title="Current-feedback operational amplifier">current-feedback operational amplifier</a> is often used. </p><dl><dt>Noise</dt> <dd>Amplifiers intrinsically output noise, even when there is no signal applied. This can be due to internal thermal noise and flicker noise of the device. For applications with high gain or high bandwidth, noise becomes an important consideration and a <a href="/wiki/Low-noise_amplifier" title="Low-noise amplifier">low-noise amplifier</a>, which is specifically designed for minimum intrinsic noise, may be required to meet performance requirements.</dd></dl> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-linear_imperfections">Non-linear imperfections</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Non-linear imperfections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Inverting_Amplifier_Signal_Clipping.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Inverting_Amplifier_Signal_Clipping.png/250px-Inverting_Amplifier_Signal_Clipping.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Inverting_Amplifier_Signal_Clipping.png/330px-Inverting_Amplifier_Signal_Clipping.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Inverting_Amplifier_Signal_Clipping.png/500px-Inverting_Amplifier_Signal_Clipping.png 2x" data-file-width="658" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>The input (yellow) and output (green) of a saturated op amp in an inverting amplifier</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Saturation</dt> <dd>Output voltage is limited to a minimum and maximum value close to the <a href="/wiki/Power_supply" title="Power supply">power supply</a> voltages.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The output of older op amps can reach to within one or two volts of the supply rails. The output of so-called <b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="rail-to-rail"></span><span class="vanchor-text">rail-to-rail</span></span> op amps</b> can reach to within millivolts of the supply rails when providing low output currents.<sup id="cite_ref-rail-to-rail_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rail-to-rail-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Slew rate limiting</dt> <dd>The amplifier's output voltage reaches its maximum rate of change, the <a href="/wiki/Slew_rate" title="Slew rate">slew rate</a>, usually specified in volts per microsecond (V/μs). When slew rate limiting occurs, further increases in the input signal have no effect on the rate of change of the output. Slew rate limiting is usually caused by the input stage saturating; the result is a constant current <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">i</span> driving a capacitance <span class="texhtml mvar" style="font-style:italic;">C</span> in the amplifier (especially those capacitances used to implement its <a href="/wiki/Frequency_compensation" title="Frequency compensation">frequency compensation</a>); the slew rate is limited by <span class="texhtml">d<i>v</i>/d<i>t</i> = <i>i</i>/<i>C</i></span>.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div> Slewing is associated with the <i>large-signal</i> performance of an op amp. Consider, for example, an op amp configured for a gain of 10. Let the input be a 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>V, 100 kHz sawtooth wave. That is, the amplitude is 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>V and the period is 10 microseconds. Accordingly, the rate of change (i.e., the slope) of the input is 0.1 V per microsecond. After 10× amplification, the output should be a 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>V, 100 kHz sawtooth, with a corresponding slew rate of 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>V per microsecond. However, the classic <b>741</b> op amp has a 0.5<span class="nowrap"> </span>V per microsecond slew rate specification so that its output can rise to no more than 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>V in the sawtooth's 10-microsecond period. Thus, if one were to measure the output, it would be a 5<span class="nowrap"> </span>V, 100 kHz sawtooth, rather than a 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>V, 100 kHz sawtooth.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>Next consider the same amplifier and 100 kHz sawtooth, but now the input amplitude is 100<span class="nowrap"> </span>mV rather than 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>V. After 10× amplification the output is a 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>V, 100 kHz sawtooth with a corresponding slew rate of 0.1<span class="nowrap"> </span>V per microsecond. In this instance, the 741 with its 0.5<span class="nowrap"> </span>V per microsecond slew rate will amplify the input properly.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div> Modern high-speed op amps can have slew rates in excess of 5,000<span class="nowrap"> </span>V per microsecond. However, it is more common for op amps to have slew rates in the range 5–100<span class="nowrap"> </span>V per microsecond. For example, the general purpose TL081 op amp has a slew rate of 13<span class="nowrap"> </span>V per microsecond. As a general rule, low power and small bandwidth op amps have low slew rates. As an example, the LT1494 micropower op amp consumes 1.5 microamp but has a 2.7 kHz gain-bandwidth product and a 0.001<span class="nowrap"> </span>V per microsecond slew rate.</dd> <dt>Non-<a href="/wiki/Linear" class="mw-redirect" title="Linear">linear</a> input-output relationship</dt> <dd>The output voltage may not be accurately proportional to the difference between the input voltages producing distortion. This effect will be very small in a practical circuit where substantial negative feedback is used.</dd> <dt>Phase reversal</dt> <dd>In some integrated op amps, when the published common mode voltage is violated (e.g., by one of the inputs being driven to one of the supply voltages), the output may slew to the opposite polarity from what is expected in normal operation.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under such conditions, negative feedback becomes positive, likely causing the circuit to <i>lock up</i> in that state.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Power_considerations">Power considerations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Power considerations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Current_limiting" title="Current limiting">Limited output current</a></dt> <dd>The output current must be finite. In practice, most op amps are designed to limit the output current to prevent damage to the device, typically around 25 mA for a type 741 IC op amp. Modern designs are electronically more robust than earlier implementations and some can sustain direct <a href="/wiki/Short_circuit" title="Short circuit">short circuits</a> on their outputs without damage.</dd> <dt>Limited output voltage</dt> <dd>Output voltage cannot exceed the power supply voltage supplied to the op amp. The maximum output of most op amps is further reduced by some amount due to limitations in the output circuitry. <i>Rail-to-rail op amps</i> are designed for maximum output levels.<sup id="cite_ref-rail-to-rail_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rail-to-rail-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Output sink current</dt> <dd>The output sink current is the maximum current allowed to sink into the output stage. Some manufacturers provide an output voltage vs. the output sink current plot which gives an idea of the output voltage when it is sinking current from another source into the output pin.</dd> <dt>Limited dissipated power</dt> <dd>The output current flows through the op amp's internal output impedance, generating heat that must be dissipated. If the op amp dissipates too much power, then its temperature will increase above some safe limit. The op amp must shut down or risk being damaged.</dd></dl> <p>Modern integrated <a href="/wiki/FET" class="mw-redirect" title="FET">FET</a> or <a href="/wiki/MOSFET" title="MOSFET">MOSFET</a> op amps approximate more closely the ideal op amp than bipolar ICs when it comes to input impedance and input bias currents. Bipolars are generally better when it comes to input <i>voltage</i> offset, and often have lower noise. Generally, at room temperature, with a fairly large signal, and limited bandwidth, FET and MOSFET op amps now offer better performance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Internal_circuitry_of_741-type_op_amp">Internal circuitry of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="741"></span><span class="vanchor-text">741</span></span>-type op amp</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Internal circuitry of 741-type op amp"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OpAmpTransistorLevel_Colored_Labeled.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/OpAmpTransistorLevel_Colored_Labeled.svg/500px-OpAmpTransistorLevel_Colored_Labeled.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/OpAmpTransistorLevel_Colored_Labeled.svg/750px-OpAmpTransistorLevel_Colored_Labeled.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/OpAmpTransistorLevel_Colored_Labeled.svg/1000px-OpAmpTransistorLevel_Colored_Labeled.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>A component-level diagram of the common 741 op amp. Dotted lines outline: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span><span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Current_mirror" title="Current mirror">current mirrors</a>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;"> </span><span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Differential_amplifier" title="Differential amplifier">differential amplifier</a>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:magenta; color:black;"> </span><span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Class-A_amplifier" class="mw-redirect" title="Class-A amplifier">class A</a> gain stage; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:limegreen; color:black;"> </span><span class="nowrap"> </span>voltage level shifter; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:cyan; color:black;"> </span><span class="nowrap"> </span>output stage.</figcaption></figure> <p>Sourced by many manufacturers, and in multiple similar products, an example of a bipolar transistor operational amplifier is the 741 integrated circuit designed in 1968 by David Fullagar at <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor" title="Fairchild Semiconductor">Fairchild Semiconductor</a> after <a href="/wiki/Bob_Widlar" title="Bob Widlar">Bob Widlar</a>'s LM301 integrated circuit design.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this discussion, we use the parameters of the <a href="/wiki/Hybrid-pi_model" title="Hybrid-pi model">hybrid-pi model</a> to characterize the small-signal, grounded emitter characteristics of a transistor. In this model, the current gain of a transistor is denoted <i>h</i><sub>fe</sub>, more commonly called the β.<sup id="cite_ref-Lu_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lu-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A small-scale <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuit</a>, the 741 op amp shares with most op amps an internal structure consisting of three gain stages:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Differential_amplifier" title="Differential amplifier">Differential amplifier</a> (outlined dark blue) — provides high differential amplification (gain), with rejection of <a href="/wiki/Common-mode_signal" title="Common-mode signal">common-mode signal</a>, low noise, high <a href="/wiki/Input_impedance" title="Input impedance">input impedance</a>, and drives a</li> <li>Voltage amplifier (outlined <a href="/wiki/Magenta" title="Magenta">magenta</a>) — provides high voltage gain, a single-pole frequency <a href="/wiki/Roll-off" title="Roll-off">roll-off</a>, and in turn drives the</li> <li>Output amplifier (outlined <a href="/wiki/Cyan" title="Cyan">cyan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Green" title="Green">green</a>) — provides high current gain (low <a href="/wiki/Output_impedance" title="Output impedance">output impedance</a>), along with output current limiting, and output short-circuit protection.</li></ol> <p>Additionally, it contains <a href="/wiki/Current_mirror" title="Current mirror">current mirror</a> (outlined red) bias circuitry and <a href="/wiki/Frequency_compensation" title="Frequency compensation">compensation</a> capacitor (30 pF). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Differential_amplifier">Differential amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Differential amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The input stage consists of a cascaded <a href="/wiki/Differential_amplifier" title="Differential amplifier">differential amplifier</a> (outlined in dark blue) followed by a current-mirror <a href="/wiki/Active_load" title="Active load">active load</a>. This constitutes a <a href="/wiki/Transconductance_amplifier" class="mw-redirect" title="Transconductance amplifier">transconductance amplifier</a>, turning a differential voltage signal at the bases of Q1, Q2 into a current signal into the base of Q15. </p><p>It entails two cascaded transistor pairs, satisfying conflicting requirements. The first stage consists of the matched NPN <a href="/wiki/Emitter_follower" class="mw-redirect" title="Emitter follower">emitter follower</a> pair Q1, Q2 that provide high input impedance. The second is the matched PNP <a href="/wiki/Common-base" class="mw-redirect" title="Common-base">common-base</a> pair Q3, Q4 that eliminates the undesirable <a href="/wiki/Miller_effect" title="Miller effect">Miller effect</a>; it drives an <a href="/wiki/Active_load" title="Active load">active load</a> Q7 plus matched pair Q5, Q6. </p><p>That active load is implemented as a modified <a href="/wiki/Wilson_current_mirror" title="Wilson current mirror">Wilson current mirror</a>; its role is to convert the (differential) input current signal to a single-ended signal without the attendant 50% losses (increasing the op amp's open-loop gain by 3 dB).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, a small-signal differential current in Q3 versus Q4 appears summed (doubled) at the base of Q15, the input of the voltage gain stage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Voltage_amplifier">Voltage amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Voltage amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The (class-A) voltage gain stage (outlined in <a href="/wiki/Magenta" title="Magenta">magenta</a>) consists of the two NPN transistors Q15 and Q19 connected in a <a href="/wiki/Darlington_transistor" title="Darlington transistor">Darlington configuration</a> and uses the output side of current mirror formed by Q12 and Q13 as its collector (dynamic) load to achieve its high voltage gain. The output sink transistor Q20 receives its base drive from the common collectors of Q15 and Q19; the level-shifter Q16 provides base drive for the output source transistor Q14. The transistor Q22 prevents this stage from delivering excessive current to Q20 and thus limits the output sink current. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Output_amplifier">Output amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Output amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The output stage (Q14, Q20, outlined in cyan) is a <a href="/wiki/Class_AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Class AB">Class AB</a> amplifier. It provides an output drive with impedance of ~50<span class="nowrap"> </span>Ω, in essence, current gain. Transistor Q16 (outlined in green) provides the quiescent current for the output transistors and Q17 limits output source current. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biasing_circuits">Biasing circuits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Biasing circuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Biasing circuits provide appropriate quiescent current for each stage of the op amp. </p><p>The resistor (39 kΩ) connecting the (diode-connected) Q11 and Q12, and the given supply voltage (<i>V</i><sub><i>S</i>+</sub> − <i>V</i><sub><i>S</i>−</sub>), determine the current in the <a href="/wiki/Current_mirror" title="Current mirror">current mirrors</a>, (matched pairs) Q10/Q11 and Q12/Q13. The collector current of Q11, <i>i</i><sub>11</sub> × 39 kΩ = <i>V</i><sub><i>S</i>+</sub> − <i>V</i><sub><i>S</i>−</sub> − 2 <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub>. For the typical <i>V</i><sub><i>S</i></sub> = ±20 V, the standing current in Q11 and Q12 (as well as in Q13) would be ~1 mA. A supply current for a typical 741 of about 2 mA agrees with the notion that these two bias currents dominate the quiescent supply current.<sup id="cite_ref-NS_LM741_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS_LM741-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Transistors Q11 and Q10 form a <a href="/wiki/Widlar_current_mirror" class="mw-redirect" title="Widlar current mirror">Widlar current mirror</a>, with quiescent current in Q10 <i>i</i><sub>10</sub> such that ln(<i>i</i><sub>11</sub> / <i>i</i><sub>10</sub>) = <i>i</i><sub>10</sub> × 5 kΩ / 28 mV, where 5 kΩ represents the emitter resistor of Q10, and 28 mV is <i>V</i><sub>T</sub>, the <a href="/wiki/Thermal_voltage" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermal voltage">thermal voltage</a> at room temperature. In this case <i>i</i><sub>10</sub> ≈ 20 μA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Differential_amplifier_2">Differential amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Differential amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The biasing circuit of this stage is set by a feedback loop that forces the collector currents of Q10 and Q9 to (nearly) match. Any small difference in these currents provides drive for the common base of Q3 and Q4.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The summed quiescent currents through Q1 and Q3 plus Q2 and Q4 is mirrored from Q8 into Q9, where it is summed with the collector current in Q10, the result being applied to the bases of Q3 and Q4. </p><p>The quiescent currents through Q1 and Q3 (also Q2 and Q4) <i>i</i><sub>1</sub> will thus be half of <i>i</i><sub>10</sub>, of order ~10 μA. Input bias current for the base of Q1 (also Q2) will amount to <i>i</i><sub>1</sub> / β; typically ~50 nA,<sup id="cite_ref-NS_LM741_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS_LM741-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> implying a current gain <i>h</i><sub>fe</sub> ≈ 200 for Q1 (also Q2). </p><p>This feedback circuit tends to draw the common base node of Q3/Q4 to a voltage <i>V</i><sub>com</sub> − 2 <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub>, where <i>V</i><sub>com</sub> is the input common-mode voltage. At the same time, the magnitude of the quiescent current is relatively insensitive to the characteristics of the components Q1–Q4, such as <i>h</i><sub>fe</sub>, that would otherwise cause temperature dependence or part-to-part variations. </p><p>Transistor Q7 drives Q5 and Q6 into conduction until their (equal) collector currents match that of Q1/Q3 and Q2/Q4. The quiescent current in Q7 is <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub> / 50 kΩ, about 35 μA, as is the quiescent current in Q15, with its matching operating point. Thus, the quiescent currents are pairwise matched in Q1/Q2, Q3/Q4, Q5/Q6, and Q7/Q15. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Voltage_amplifier_2">Voltage amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Voltage amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quiescent currents in Q16 and Q19 are set by the current mirror Q12/Q13, which is running at ~1 mA. The collector current in Q19 tracks that standing current.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Through what means? (October 2023)">further explanation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Output_amplifier_2">Output amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Output amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the circuit involving Q16 (variously named <a href="/wiki/Rubber_diode" title="Rubber diode">rubber diode</a> or <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub> multiplier), the 4.5 kΩ resistor must be conducting about 100 μA, with Q16 <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub> roughly 700 mV. Then <i>V</i><sub>CB</sub> must be about 0.45 V and <i>V</i><sub>CE</sub> at about 1.0 V. Because the Q16 collector is driven by a current source and the Q16 emitter drives into the Q19 collector current sink, the Q16 transistor establishes a voltage difference between the Q14 base and the Q20 base of ~1 V, regardless of the common-mode voltage of Q14/Q20 bases. The standing current in Q14/Q20 will be a factor <a href="/wiki/Diode_modelling" title="Diode modelling">exp(100 mV mm/ <i>V</i><sub>T</sub>) ≈ 36</a> smaller than the 1 mA quiescent current in the class A portion of the op amp. This (small) standing current in the output transistors establishes the output stage in class AB operation and reduces the <a href="/wiki/Crossover_distortion" title="Crossover distortion">crossover distortion</a> of this stage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Small-signal_differential_mode">Small-signal differential mode</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Small-signal differential mode"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A small differential input voltage signal gives rise, through multiple stages of current amplification, to a much larger voltage signal on output. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Input_impedance">Input impedance</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Input impedance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The input stage with Q1 and Q3 is similar to an emitter-coupled pair (long-tailed pair), with Q2 and Q4 adding some degenerating impedance. The input impedance is relatively high because of the small current through Q1-Q4. A typical 741 op amp has a differential input impedance of about 2 MΩ.<sup id="cite_ref-NS_LM741_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS_LM741-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The common mode input impedance is even higher, as the input stage works at an essentially constant current. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Differential_amplifier_3">Differential amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Differential amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A differential voltage <i>V</i><sub>in</sub> at the op amp inputs (pins 3 and 2, respectively) gives rise to a small differential current in the bases of Q1 and Q2 <i>i</i><sub>in</sub> ≈ <i>V</i><sub>in</sub> / (2<i>h</i><sub>ie</sub><i>h</i><sub>fe</sub>). This differential base current causes a change in the differential collector current in each leg by <i>i</i><sub>in</sub><i>h</i><sub>fe</sub>. Introducing the transconductance of Q1, <i>g</i><sub><i>m</i></sub> = <i>h</i><sub>fe</sub> / <i>h</i><sub>ie</sub>, the (small-signal) current at the base of Q15 (the input of the voltage gain stage) is <i>V</i><sub>in</sub><i>g</i><sub><i>m</i></sub> / 2. </p><p>This portion of the op amp cleverly changes a differential signal at the op amp inputs to a single-ended signal at the base of Q15, and in a way that avoids wastefully discarding the signal in either leg. To see how, notice that a small negative change in voltage at the inverting input (Q2 base) drives it out of conduction, and this incremental decrease in current passes directly from Q4 collector to its emitter, resulting in a decrease in base drive for Q15. On the other hand, a small positive change in voltage at the non-inverting input (Q1 base) drives this transistor into conduction, reflected in an increase in current at the collector of Q3. This current drives Q7 further into conduction, which turns on current mirror Q5/Q6. Thus, the increase in Q3 emitter current is mirrored in an increase in Q6 collector current; the increased collector currents shunts more from the collector node and results in a decrease in base drive current for Q15. Besides avoiding wasting 3 dB of gain here, this technique decreases common-mode gain and feedthrough of power supply noise. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Voltage_amplifier_3">Voltage amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Voltage amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A current signal <i>i</i> at Q15's base gives rise to a current in Q19 of order <i>i</i>β<sup>2</sup> (the product of the <i>h</i><sub>fe</sub> of each of Q15 and Q19, which are connected in a <a href="/wiki/Darlington_pair" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlington pair">Darlington pair</a>). This current signal develops a voltage at the bases of output transistors Q14 and Q20 proportional to the <i>h</i><sub>ie</sub> of the respective transistor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Output_amplifier_3">Output amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Output amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Output transistors Q14 and Q20 are each configured as an emitter follower, so no voltage gain occurs there; instead, this stage provides current gain, equal to the <i>h</i><sub>fe</sub> of Q14 and Q20. </p><p>The current gain lowers the output impedance and although the output impedance is not zero, as it would be in an ideal op amp, with negative feedback it approaches zero at low frequencies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_linear_characteristics">Other linear characteristics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Other linear characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Overall_open-loop_gain">Overall open-loop gain</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Overall open-loop gain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The net open-loop small-signal voltage gain of the op amp is determined by the product of the current gain <i>h</i><sub>fe</sub> of some 4 transistors. In practice, the voltage gain for a typical 741-style op amp is of order 200,000,<sup id="cite_ref-NS_LM741_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS_LM741-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the current gain, the ratio of input impedance (~2−6<span class="nowrap"> </span>MΩ) to output impedance (~50<span class="nowrap"> </span>Ω) provides yet more (power) gain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Small-signal_common_mode_gain">Small-signal common mode gain</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Small-signal common mode gain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ideal op amp has infinite <a href="/wiki/Common-mode_rejection_ratio" title="Common-mode rejection ratio">common-mode rejection ratio</a>, or zero common-mode gain. </p><p>In the present circuit, if the input voltages change in the same direction, the negative feedback makes Q3/Q4 base voltage follow (with 2 <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub> below) the input voltage variations. Now the output part (Q10) of Q10-Q11 current mirror keeps up the common current through Q9/Q8 constant in spite of varying voltage. Q3/Q4 collector currents, and accordingly the output current at the base of Q15, remain unchanged. </p><p>In the typical 741 op amp, the common-mode rejection ratio is 90 dB,<sup id="cite_ref-NS_LM741_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS_LM741-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> implying an open-loop common-mode voltage gain of about 6. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Frequency_compensation">Frequency compensation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Frequency compensation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The innovation of the Fairchild μA741 was the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Frequency_compensation" title="Frequency compensation">frequency compensation</a> via an on-chip (monolithic) capacitor, simplifying application of the op amp by eliminating the need for external components for this function. The 30 pF capacitor stabilizes the amplifier via <a href="/wiki/Miller_effect" title="Miller effect">Miller compensation</a> and functions in a manner similar to an op-amp <a href="/wiki/Integrator" title="Integrator">integrator</a> circuit. Also known as <i>dominant <a href="/wiki/Pole_(complex_analysis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pole (complex analysis)">pole</a> compensation</i> because it introduces a pole that masks (dominates) the effects of other poles into the open loop frequency response; in a 741 op amp this pole can be as low as 10 Hz (where it causes a −3 dB loss of open loop voltage gain). </p><p>This internal compensation is provided to achieve <a href="/wiki/BIBO_stability" title="BIBO stability">unconditional stability</a> of the amplifier in negative feedback configurations where the feedback network is non-reactive and the <a href="/wiki/Loop_gain" title="Loop gain">loop gain</a> is <a href="/wiki/Unity_(mathematics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unity (mathematics)">unity</a> or higher. In contrast, amplifiers requiring external compensation, such as the μA748, may require external compensation or closed-loop gains significantly higher than unity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Input_offset_voltage">Input offset voltage</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Input offset voltage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>offset null</i> pins may be used to place external resistors (typically in the form of the two ends of a potentiometer, with the slider connected to <i>V</i><sub><i>S</i>–</sub>) in parallel with the emitter resistors of Q5 and Q6, to adjust the balance of the Q5/Q6 current mirror. The potentiometer is adjusted such that the output is null (midrange) when the inputs are shorted together. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-linear_characteristics">Non-linear characteristics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Non-linear characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Input_breakdown_voltage">Input breakdown voltage</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Input breakdown voltage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The transistors Q3, Q4 help to increase the reverse <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub> rating; The base-emitter junctions of the NPN transistors Q1 and Q2 break down at around 7<span class="nowrap"> </span>V, but the PNP transistors Q3 and Q4 have <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub> breakdown voltages around 50<span class="nowrap"> </span>V.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Output-stage_voltage_swing_and_current_limiting">Output-stage voltage swing and current limiting</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Output-stage voltage swing and current limiting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Variations in the quiescent current with temperature, or due to manufacturing variations, are common, so <a href="/wiki/Crossover_distortion" title="Crossover distortion">crossover distortion</a> may be subject to significant variation. </p><p>The output range of the amplifier is about one volt less than the supply voltage, owing in part to <i>V</i><sub>BE</sub> of the output transistors Q14 and Q20. </p><p>The <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7001250000000000000♠"></span>25 Ω</span> resistor at the Q14 emitter, along with Q17, limits Q14 current to about <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6998250000000000000♠"></span>25 mA</span>; otherwise, Q17 conducts no current. Current limiting for Q20 is performed in the voltage gain stage: Q22 senses the voltage across Q19's emitter resistor (<span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7001500000000000000♠"></span>50 Ω</span>); as it turns on, it diminishes the drive current to Q15 base. Later versions of this amplifier schematic may show a somewhat different method of output current limiting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Applicability_considerations">Applicability considerations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Applicability considerations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the 741 was historically used in audio and other sensitive equipment, such use is now rare because of the improved <a href="/wiki/Noise_(electronics)" title="Noise (electronics)">noise</a> performance of more modern op amps. Apart from generating noticeable hiss, 741s and other older op amps may have poor <a href="/wiki/Common-mode_rejection_ratio" title="Common-mode rejection ratio">common-mode rejection ratios</a> and so will often introduce cable-borne mains hum and other common-mode interference, such as switch <i>clicks</i>, into sensitive equipment. </p><p>The <i>741</i> has come to often mean a generic op-amp IC (such as μA741, LM301, 558, LM324, TBA221 — or a more modern replacement such as the TL071). The description of the 741 output stage is qualitatively similar for many other designs (that may have quite different input stages), except: </p> <ul><li>Some devices (μA748, LM301, LM308) are not internally compensated (require an external capacitor from output to some point within the operational amplifier, if used in low closed-loop gain applications).</li> <li>Some modern devices have <i>rail-to-rail</i> output capability, meaning that the output can range from within a few millivolts of the positive supply voltage to within a few millivolts of the negative supply voltage.<sup id="cite_ref-rail-to-rail_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rail-to-rail-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Op amps may be classified by their construction: </p> <ul><li>discrete, built from individual <a href="/wiki/Transistor" title="Transistor">transistors</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vacuum_tube" title="Vacuum tube">tubes/valves</a>,</li> <li>hybrid, consisting of discrete and <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated</a> components,</li> <li>full <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuits" class="mw-redirect" title="Integrated circuits">integrated circuits</a> — most common, having displaced the former two due to low cost.</li></ul> <p>IC op amps may be classified in many ways, including: </p> <ul><li>Device grade, including acceptable <a href="/wiki/Operating_temperature" title="Operating temperature">operating temperature</a> ranges and other environmental or quality factors. For example: LM101, LM201, and LM301 refer to the military, industrial, and commercial versions of the same component. Military and industrial-grade components offer better performance in harsh conditions than their commercial counterparts but are sold at higher prices.</li> <li>Classification by package type may also affect environmental hardiness, as well as manufacturing options; <a href="/wiki/Dual_in-line_package" title="Dual in-line package">DIP</a>, and other through-hole packages are tending to be replaced by <a href="/wiki/Surface-mount_technology" title="Surface-mount technology">surface-mount devices</a>.</li> <li>Classification by internal compensation: op amps may suffer from high frequency <a href="/wiki/Nyquist_stability_criterion" title="Nyquist stability criterion">instability</a> in some <a href="/wiki/Negative_feedback" title="Negative feedback">negative feedback</a> circuits unless a small compensation capacitor modifies the phase and frequency responses. Op amps with a built-in capacitor are termed <i>compensated</i>, and allow circuits above some specified <a href="/wiki/Electronic_feedback_loops" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic feedback loops">closed-loop</a> gain to be stable with no external capacitor. In particular, op amps that are stable even with a closed loop gain of 1 are called <i>unity gain compensated</i>.</li> <li>Single, dual and quad versions of many commercial op-amp IC are available, meaning 1, 2 or 4 operational amplifiers are included in the same package.</li> <li>Rail-to-rail input (and/or output) op amps can work with input (and/or output) signals very close to the power supply rails.<sup id="cite_ref-rail-to-rail_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rail-to-rail-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CMOS" title="CMOS">CMOS</a> op amps (such as the CA3140E) provide extremely high input resistances, higher than <a href="/wiki/JFET" title="JFET">JFET</a>-input op amps, which are normally higher than <a href="/wiki/Bipolar_junction_transistor" title="Bipolar junction transistor">bipolar</a>-input op amps.</li> <li>Programmable op amps allow the quiescent current, bandwidth and so on to be adjusted by an external resistor.</li> <li>Manufacturers often market their op amps according to purpose, such as low-noise pre-amplifiers, wide bandwidth amplifiers, and so on.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Generic_741_pinout_top.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Generic_741_pinout_top.png/220px-Generic_741_pinout_top.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Generic_741_pinout_top.png/330px-Generic_741_pinout_top.png 1.5x, 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The use of op amps as circuit blocks is much easier and clearer than specifying all their individual circuit elements (transistors, resistors, etc.), whether the amplifiers used are integrated or discrete circuits. In the first approximation op amps can be used as if they were ideal differential gain blocks; at a later stage, limits can be placed on the acceptable range of parameters for each op amp. </p><p>Circuit design follows the same lines for all <a href="/wiki/Electronic_circuit" title="Electronic circuit">electronic circuits</a>. A specification is drawn up governing what the circuit is required to do, with allowable limits. For example, the gain may be required to be 100 times, with a tolerance of 5% but drift of less than 1% in a specified temperature range; the input impedance not less than one <a href="/wiki/Megohm" class="mw-redirect" title="Megohm">megohm</a>; etc. </p><p>A basic circuit is designed, often with the help of <a href="/wiki/Electronic_circuit_simulation" title="Electronic circuit simulation">electronic circuit simulation</a>. Specific commercially available op amps and other components are then chosen that meet the design criteria within the specified tolerances at acceptable cost. If not all criteria can be met, the specification may need to be modified. </p><p>A prototype is then built and tested; additional changes to meet or improve the specification, alter functionality, or reduce the cost, may be made. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Applications_without_feedback">Applications without feedback</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Applications without feedback"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Without feedback, the op amp may be used as a <a href="/wiki/Voltage_comparator" class="mw-redirect" title="Voltage comparator">voltage comparator</a>. Note that a device designed primarily as a comparator may be better if, for instance, speed is important or a wide range of input voltages may be found since such devices can quickly recover from full-on or full-off <i>saturated</i> states. </p><p>A <i>voltage level detector</i> can be obtained if a reference voltage <i>V</i><sub>ref</sub> is applied to one of the op amp's inputs. This means that the op amp is set up as a comparator to detect a positive voltage. If the voltage to be sensed, <i>E</i><sub>i</sub>, is applied to op amp's (+) input, the result is a noninverting positive-level detector: when <i>E</i><sub>i</sub> is above <i>V</i><sub>ref</sub>, <i>V</i><sub>O</sub> equals +<i>V</i><sub>sat</sub>; when <i>E</i><sub>i</sub> is below <i>V</i><sub>ref</sub>, <i>V</i><sub>O</sub> equals −<i>V</i><sub>sat</sub>. If <i>E</i><sub>i</sub> is applied to the inverting input, the circuit is an inverting positive-level detector: When <i>E</i><sub>i</sub> is above <i>V</i><sub>ref</sub>, <i>V</i><sub>O</sub> equals −<i>V</i><sub>sat</sub>. </p><p>A <i>zero voltage level detector</i> (<i>E</i><sub>i</sub> = 0) can convert, for example, the output of a sine-wave from a function generator into a variable-frequency square wave. If <i>E</i><sub>i</sub> is a sine wave, triangular wave, or wave of any other shape that is symmetrical around zero, the zero-crossing detector's output will be square. Zero-crossing detection may also be useful in triggering <a href="/wiki/TRIAC" title="TRIAC">TRIACs</a> at the best time to reduce mains interference and current spikes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Positive-feedback_applications">Positive-feedback applications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Positive-feedback applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Op-Amp_Schmitt_Trigger.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Op-Amp_Schmitt_Trigger.svg/300px-Op-Amp_Schmitt_Trigger.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Op-Amp_Schmitt_Trigger.svg/450px-Op-Amp_Schmitt_Trigger.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Op-Amp_Schmitt_Trigger.svg/600px-Op-Amp_Schmitt_Trigger.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="150" /></a><figcaption>Schmitt trigger implemented by a non-inverting comparator</figcaption></figure> <p>Another typical configuration of op amps is with positive feedback, which takes a fraction of the output signal back to the non-inverting input. An important application of positive feedback is the comparator with hysteresis, the <a href="/wiki/Schmitt_trigger" title="Schmitt trigger">Schmitt trigger</a>. </p><p>Some circuits may use <i>positive</i> feedback and <i>negative</i> feedback around the same amplifier, for example <a href="/wiki/Triangle_wave" title="Triangle wave">triangle-wave</a> <a href="/wiki/Oscillator" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscillator">oscillators</a> and <a href="/wiki/Active_filters" class="mw-redirect" title="Active filters">active filters</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negative-feedback_applications">Negative-feedback applications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Negative-feedback applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-inverting_amplifier">Non-inverting amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Non-inverting amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Frame"><a href="/wiki/File:Op-Amp_Non-Inverting_Amplifier.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Op-Amp_Non-Inverting_Amplifier.svg/300px-Op-Amp_Non-Inverting_Amplifier.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Op-Amp_Non-Inverting_Amplifier.svg/450px-Op-Amp_Non-Inverting_Amplifier.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Op-Amp_Non-Inverting_Amplifier.svg/600px-Op-Amp_Non-Inverting_Amplifier.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="125" /></a><figcaption>An op amp connected in the non-inverting amplifier configuration</figcaption></figure> <p>In a non-inverting amplifier, the output voltage changes in the same direction as the input voltage. </p><p>The gain equation for the op amp is </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>+</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d04695d5503607bbe8e3a38d00fa78d4298a6169" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:22.371ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}).}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>However, in this circuit <i>V</i><sub>−</sub> is a function of <i>V</i><sub>out</sub> because of the negative feedback through the <i>R</i><sub>1</sub> <i>R</i><sub>2</sub> network. <i>R</i><sub>1</sub> and <i>R</i><sub>2</sub> form a <a href="/wiki/Voltage_divider" title="Voltage divider">voltage divider</a>, and as <i>V</i><sub>−</sub> is a high-impedance input, it does not load it appreciably. Consequently </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{-}=\beta V_{\text{out}},}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mi>β</mi> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{-}=\beta V_{\text{out}},}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1c1d5896eb675158879421d3f91ddf4c6d884c43" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:11.906ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{-}=\beta V_{\text{out}},}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>where </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \beta ={\frac {R_{1}}{R_{1}+R_{2}}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>β</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mrow> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \beta ={\frac {R_{1}}{R_{1}+R_{2}}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/64ee04cdceb91a83124a0f88e1fae84c6fa62385" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:14.39ex; height:5.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \beta ={\frac {R_{1}}{R_{1}+R_{2}}}.}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>Substituting this into the gain equation, we obtain </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{\text{in}}-\beta V_{\text{out}}).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <mi>β</mi> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{\text{in}}-\beta V_{\text{out}}).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/0d9c66264ec0102ba2f7c497b0d2ecc89adcee3a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:24.893ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{\text{in}}-\beta V_{\text{out}}).}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>Solving for <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d38a086098d55dae8e7bb4b26c8947fa0c4c1a52" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:3.963ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}}" /></span>: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=V_{\text{in}}\left({\frac {1}{\beta +{\frac {1}{A_{\text{OL}}}}}}\right).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <mi>β</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=V_{\text{in}}\left({\frac {1}{\beta +{\frac {1}{A_{\text{OL}}}}}}\right).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e2d98349689938d9a5ad1b38019a4d59979c54e9" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -3.838ex; width:24.622ex; height:8.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=V_{\text{in}}\left({\frac {1}{\beta +{\frac {1}{A_{\text{OL}}}}}}\right).}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>If <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A_{\text{OL}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A_{\text{OL}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c5932cea893029d9a9d780d6d94f7bddc3d4e010" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:4.281ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A_{\text{OL}}}" /></span> is very large, this simplifies to </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}\approx {\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{\beta }}={\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{\frac {R_{1}}{R_{1}+R_{2}}}}=V_{\text{in}}\left(1+{\frac {R_{2}}{R_{1}}}\right).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>≈</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mi>β</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mrow> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </mfrac> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mn>1</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}\approx {\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{\beta }}={\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{\frac {R_{1}}{R_{1}+R_{2}}}}=V_{\text{in}}\left(1+{\frac {R_{2}}{R_{1}}}\right).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/9fabe50d76f59643623033c251dc908ce959f434" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -4.171ex; width:39.62ex; height:7.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}\approx {\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{\beta }}={\frac {V_{\text{in}}}{\frac {R_{1}}{R_{1}+R_{2}}}}=V_{\text{in}}\left(1+{\frac {R_{2}}{R_{1}}}\right).}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>The non-inverting input of the operational amplifier needs a path for DC to ground; if the signal source does not supply a DC path, or if that source requires a given load impedance, then the circuit will require another resistor from the non-inverting input to ground. When the operational amplifier's input bias currents are significant, then the DC source resistances driving the inputs should be balanced.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ideal value for the feedback resistors (to give minimal offset voltage) will be such that the two resistances in parallel roughly equal the resistance to ground at the non-inverting input pin. That ideal value assumes the bias currents are well matched, which may not be true for all op amps.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inverting_amplifier">Inverting amplifier</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Inverting amplifier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Frame"><a href="/wiki/File:Op-Amp_Inverting_Amplifier.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Op-Amp_Inverting_Amplifier.svg/300px-Op-Amp_Inverting_Amplifier.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Op-Amp_Inverting_Amplifier.svg/450px-Op-Amp_Inverting_Amplifier.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Op-Amp_Inverting_Amplifier.svg/600px-Op-Amp_Inverting_Amplifier.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="175" /></a><figcaption>An op amp connected in the inverting amplifier configuration</figcaption></figure> <p>In an inverting amplifier, the output voltage changes in an opposite direction to the input voltage. </p><p>As with the non-inverting amplifier, we start with the gain equation of the op amp: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>+</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d04695d5503607bbe8e3a38d00fa78d4298a6169" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:22.371ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=A_{\text{OL}}(V_{+}-V_{-}).}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>This time, <i>V</i><sub>−</sub> is a function of both <i>V</i><sub>out</sub> and <i>V</i><sub>in</sub> due to the voltage divider formed by <i>R</i><sub>f</sub> and <i>R</i><sub>in</sub>. Again, the op-amp input does not apply an appreciable load, so </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{-}={\frac {1}{R_{\text{f}}+R_{\text{in}}}}\left(R_{\text{f}}V_{\text{in}}+R_{\text{in}}V_{\text{out}}\right).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mrow> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{-}={\frac {1}{R_{\text{f}}+R_{\text{in}}}}\left(R_{\text{f}}V_{\text{in}}+R_{\text{in}}V_{\text{out}}\right).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1ef60baedc3feb23c8f216c9cbf5feda437f4162" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:34.585ex; height:5.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{-}={\frac {1}{R_{\text{f}}+R_{\text{in}}}}\left(R_{\text{f}}V_{\text{in}}+R_{\text{in}}V_{\text{out}}\right).}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>Substituting this into the gain equation and solving for <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d38a086098d55dae8e7bb4b26c8947fa0c4c1a52" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:3.963ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}}" /></span>: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=-V_{\text{in}}{\frac {A_{\text{OL}}R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{f}}+R_{\text{in}}+A_{\text{OL}}R_{\text{in}}}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mrow> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mrow> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=-V_{\text{in}}{\frac {A_{\text{OL}}R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{f}}+R_{\text{in}}+A_{\text{OL}}R_{\text{in}}}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e66cfe14b815b4e0fa599475efbb6a481fbfded3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.338ex; width:32.617ex; height:5.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}=-V_{\text{in}}{\frac {A_{\text{OL}}R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{f}}+R_{\text{in}}+A_{\text{OL}}R_{\text{in}}}}.}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>If <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A_{\text{OL}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>OL</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A_{\text{OL}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c5932cea893029d9a9d780d6d94f7bddc3d4e010" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:4.281ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A_{\text{OL}}}" /></span> is very large, this simplifies to </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}\approx -V_{\text{in}}{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{in}}}}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>out</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mo>≈</mo> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>V</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>f</mtext> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>in</mtext> </mrow> </msub> </mfrac> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}\approx -V_{\text{in}}{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{in}}}}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d2d43fbe1ad4b339ce7529be1015d1a2d7db6896" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.171ex; width:16.679ex; height:5.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle V_{\text{out}}\approx -V_{\text{in}}{\frac {R_{\text{f}}}{R_{\text{in}}}}.}" /></span></dd></dl> <p>A resistor is often inserted between the non-inverting input and ground (so both inputs see similar resistances), reducing the <a href="/wiki/Input_offset_voltage" title="Input offset voltage">input offset voltage</a> due to different voltage drops due to <a href="/wiki/Bias_current" class="mw-redirect" title="Bias current">bias current</a>, and may reduce distortion in some op amps. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Capacitive_coupling" title="Capacitive coupling">DC-blocking</a> <a href="/wiki/Capacitor" title="Capacitor">capacitor</a> may be inserted in series with the input resistor when a <a href="/wiki/Frequency_response" title="Frequency response">frequency response</a> down to DC is not needed and any DC voltage on the input is unwanted. That is, the capacitive component of the input impedance inserts a DC <a href="/wiki/Complex_zero" class="mw-redirect" title="Complex zero">zero</a> and a low-frequency <a href="/wiki/Complex_pole" class="mw-redirect" title="Complex pole">pole</a> that gives the circuit a <a href="/wiki/Bandpass" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandpass">bandpass</a> or <a href="/wiki/High-pass" class="mw-redirect" title="High-pass">high-pass</a> characteristic. </p><p>The potentials at the operational amplifier inputs remain virtually constant (near ground) in the inverting configuration. The constant operating potential typically results in distortion levels that are lower than those attainable with the non-inverting topology.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_applications">Other applications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Other applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>audio and video <a href="/wiki/Preamplifiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Preamplifiers">preamplifiers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buffer_amplifier" title="Buffer amplifier">buffers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differential_amplifier" title="Differential amplifier">differential amplifiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differentiator" title="Differentiator">differentiators</a> and <a href="/wiki/Integrator" title="Integrator">integrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filter_(signal_processing)" title="Filter (signal processing)">filters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Precision_rectifier" title="Precision rectifier">precision rectifiers</a></li> <li>precision <a href="/wiki/Peak_detector" class="mw-redirect" title="Peak detector">peak detectors</a></li> <li>voltage and current <a href="/wiki/Voltage_regulator" title="Voltage regulator">regulators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Analog_calculator" class="mw-redirect" title="Analog calculator">analog calculators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Analog-to-digital_converter" title="Analog-to-digital converter">analog-to-digital converters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital-to-analog_converter" title="Digital-to-analog converter">digital-to-analog converters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_oscillator" title="Electronic oscillator">oscillators</a> and <a href="/wiki/Signal_generator" title="Signal generator">signal generators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clipper_(electronics)" title="Clipper (electronics)">clipper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clamper_(electronics)" title="Clamper (electronics)">clamper</a> (dc inserter or restorer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Log_amplifier" title="Log amplifier">log and antilog amplifiers</a></li></ul> <p>Most single, dual and quad op amps available have a standardized pin-out which permits one type to be substituted for another without wiring changes. A specific op amp may be chosen for its open loop gain, bandwidth, noise performance, input impedance, power consumption, or a compromise between any of these factors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_timeline">Historical timeline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Historical timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>1941: A vacuum tube op amp.</b> An op amp, defined as a general-purpose, DC-coupled, high gain, inverting feedback amplifier, is first found in <span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US2401779">U.S. patent 2,401,779</a></span> "Summing Amplifier" filed by <a href="/wiki/Karl_D._Swartzel_Jr." title="Karl D. Swartzel Jr.">Karl D. Swartzel Jr.</a> of Bell Labs in 1941. This design used three <a href="/wiki/Vacuum_tube" title="Vacuum tube">vacuum tubes</a> to achieve a gain of <span class="nowrap">90 dB</span> and operated on voltage rails of <span class="nowrap">±350 V</span>. It had a single inverting input rather than differential inverting and non-inverting inputs, as are common in today's op amps. Throughout <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Swartzel's design proved its value by being liberally used in the M9 <a href="/wiki/Director_(military)" title="Director (military)">artillery director</a> designed at Bell Labs. This artillery director worked with the <a href="/wiki/SCR-584_radar" title="SCR-584 radar">SCR-584 radar</a> system to achieve extraordinary hit rates (near 90%) that would not have been possible otherwise.<sup id="cite_ref-Jung-2004_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jung-2004-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2-w_Vacuum_Tube_Op-amp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/K2-w_Vacuum_Tube_Op-amp.jpg/120px-K2-w_Vacuum_Tube_Op-amp.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/K2-w_Vacuum_Tube_Op-amp.jpg/250px-K2-w_Vacuum_Tube_Op-amp.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="1086" /></a><figcaption>GAP/R K2-W: a vacuum-tube op amp (1953)</figcaption></figure> <p><b>1947: An op amp with an explicit non-inverting input.</b> In 1947, the operational amplifier was first formally defined and named in a paper<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/John_R._Ragazzini" title="John R. Ragazzini">John R. Ragazzini</a> of Columbia University. In this same paper a footnote mentioned an op-amp design by a student that would turn out to be quite significant. This op amp, designed by <a href="/wiki/Loebe_Julie" title="Loebe Julie">Loebe Julie</a>, was superior in a variety of ways. It had two major innovations. Its input stage used a long-tailed <a href="/wiki/Triode" title="Triode">triode</a> pair with loads matched to reduce drift in the output and, far more importantly, it was the first op-amp design to have two inputs (one inverting, the other non-inverting). The differential input made a whole range of new functionality possible, but it would not be used for a long time due to the rise of the chopper-stabilized amplifier.<sup id="cite_ref-Jung-2004_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jung-2004-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>1949: A chopper-stabilized op amp.</b> In 1949, Edwin A. Goldberg designed a <a href="/wiki/Chopper_(electronics)" title="Chopper (electronics)">chopper</a>-stabilized op amp.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This set-up uses a normal op amp with an additional <a href="/wiki/Alternating_current" title="Alternating current">AC</a> amplifier that goes alongside the op amp. The chopper gets an AC signal from <a href="/wiki/Direct_current" title="Direct current">DC</a> by switching between the DC voltage and ground at a fast rate (60 Hz or 400 Hz). This signal is then amplified, rectified, filtered and fed into the op amp's non-inverting input. This vastly improved the gain of the op amp while significantly reducing the output drift and DC offset. Unfortunately, any design that used a chopper couldn't use their non-inverting input for any other purpose. Nevertheless, the much improved characteristics of the chopper-stabilized op amp made it the dominant way to use op amps. Techniques that used the non-inverting input regularly would not be very popular until the 1960s when op-amp <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">ICs</a> started to show up in the field. </p><p><b>1953: A commercially available op amp.</b> In 1953, vacuum tube op amps became commercially available with the release of the model K2-W from <a href="/wiki/George_A._Philbrick" title="George A. Philbrick">George A. Philbrick</a> Researches, Incorporated. The designation on the devices shown, GAP/R, is an acronym for the complete company name. Two nine-pin <a href="/wiki/12AX7" title="12AX7">12AX7</a> vacuum tubes were mounted in an octal package and had a model K2-P chopper add-on available that would effectively "use up" the non-inverting input. This op amp was based on a descendant of Loebe Julie's 1947 design and, along with its successors, would start the widespread use of op amps in industry. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Discrete_opamp.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Discrete_opamp.png/120px-Discrete_opamp.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Discrete_opamp.png/250px-Discrete_opamp.png 1.5x" data-file-width="253" data-file-height="197" /></a><figcaption>GAP/R model P45: a solid-state, discrete op amp (1961).</figcaption></figure> <p><b>1961: A discrete IC op amp.</b> With the birth of the <a href="/wiki/Transistor" title="Transistor">transistor</a> in 1947, and the silicon transistor in 1954, the concept of ICs became a reality. The introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Planar_process" title="Planar process">planar process</a> in 1959 made transistors and ICs stable enough to be commercially useful. By 1961, solid-state, discrete op amps were being produced. These op amps were effectively small circuit boards with packages such as <a href="/wiki/Edge_connector" title="Edge connector">edge connectors</a>. They usually had hand-selected resistors in order to improve things such as voltage offset and drift. The P45 (1961) had a gain of 94 dB and ran on ±15 V rails. It was intended to deal with signals in the range of <span class="nowrap">±10 V</span>. </p><p><b>1961: A varactor bridge op amp.</b> There have been many different directions taken in op-amp design. <a href="/wiki/Varactor" class="mw-redirect" title="Varactor">Varactor</a> bridge op amps started to be produced in the early 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were designed to have extremely small input current and are still amongst the best op amps available in terms of common-mode rejection with the ability to correctly deal with hundreds of volts at their inputs. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Modular_opamp.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Modular_opamp.png/120px-Modular_opamp.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Modular_opamp.png/180px-Modular_opamp.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Modular_opamp.png 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="199" /></a><figcaption>GAP/R model PP65: a solid-state op amp in a potted module (1962)</figcaption></figure> <p><b>1962: An op amp in a potted module.</b> By 1962, several companies were producing modular potted packages that could be plugged into <a href="/wiki/Printed_circuit_board" title="Printed circuit board">printed circuit boards</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> These packages were crucially important as they made the operational amplifier into a single <a href="/wiki/Black_box" title="Black box">black box</a> which could be easily treated as a component in a larger circuit. </p><p><b>1963: A monolithic IC op amp.</b> In 1963, the first monolithic IC op amp, the μA702 designed by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Widlar" title="Bob Widlar">Bob Widlar</a> at Fairchild Semiconductor, was released. Monolithic <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">ICs</a> consist of a single chip as opposed to a chip and discrete parts (a discrete IC) or multiple chips bonded and connected on a circuit board (a hybrid IC). Almost all modern op amps are monolithic ICs; however, this first IC did not meet with much success. Issues such as an uneven supply voltage, low gain and a small dynamic range held off the dominance of monolithic op amps until 1965 when the μA709<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (also designed by Bob Widlar) was released. </p><p><b>1968: Release of the μA741.</b> The popularity of monolithic op amps was further improved upon the release of the LM101 in 1967, which solved a variety of issues, and the subsequent release of the μA741 in 1968. The μA741 was extremely similar to the LM101 except that Fairchild's facilities allowed them to include a 30 pF compensation capacitor inside the chip instead of requiring external compensation. This simple difference has made the 741 <i>the</i> canonical op amp and many modern amps base their pinout on the 741s. The μA741 is still in production, and has become ubiquitous in electronics—many manufacturers produce a version of this classic chip, recognizable by part numbers containing <i>741</i>. The same part is manufactured by several companies. </p><p><b>1970: First high-speed, low-input current FET design.</b> In the 1970s high speed, low-input current designs started to be made by using <a href="/wiki/FET" class="mw-redirect" title="FET">FETs</a>. These would be largely replaced by op amps made with <a href="/wiki/MOSFET" title="MOSFET">MOSFETs</a> in the 1980s. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LH033CG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/LH033CG.jpg/120px-LH033CG.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/LH033CG.jpg/180px-LH033CG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/LH033CG.jpg/240px-LH033CG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2987" data-file-height="3148" /></a><figcaption>LH0033CG: a high speed hybrid IC op amp</figcaption></figure> <p><b>1972: Single sided supply op amps being produced.</b> A single sided supply op amp is one where the input and output voltages can be as low as the negative power supply voltage instead of needing to be at least two volts above it. The result is that it can operate in many applications with the negative supply pin on the op amp being connected to the signal ground, thus eliminating the need for a separate negative power supply. </p><p>The LM324 (released in 1972) was one such op amp that came in a quad package (four separate op amps in one package) and became an industry standard. In addition to packaging multiple op amps in a single package, the 1970s also saw the birth of op amps in hybrid packages. These op amps were generally improved versions of existing monolithic op amps. As the properties of monolithic op amps improved, the more complex hybrid ICs were quickly relegated to systems that are required to have extremely long service lives or other specialty systems. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LM741CN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/LM741CN.jpg/120px-LM741CN.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/LM741CN.jpg/250px-LM741CN.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="435" data-file-height="398" /></a><figcaption>An op amp in a mini DIP package</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Recent trends.</b> Recently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> supply voltages in analog circuits have decreased (as they have in digital logic) and low-voltage op amps have been introduced reflecting this. Supplies of 5 V and increasingly 3.3 V (sometimes as low as 1.8 V) are common. To maximize the signal range modern op amps commonly have rail-to-rail output (the output signal can range from the lowest supply voltage to the highest) and sometimes rail-to-rail inputs.<sup id="cite_ref-rail-to-rail_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rail-to-rail-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuvola_apps_ksim.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Nuvola_apps_ksim.png/40px-Nuvola_apps_ksim.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Nuvola_apps_ksim.png/60px-Nuvola_apps_ksim.png 1.5x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Electronics" title="Portal:Electronics">Electronics portal</a></span></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Active_filter" title="Active filter">Active filter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Analog_computer" title="Analog computer">Analog computer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Widlar" title="Bob Widlar">Bob Widlar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Current_conveyor" title="Current conveyor">Current conveyor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Current-feedback_operational_amplifier" title="Current-feedback operational amplifier">Current-feedback operational amplifier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differential_amplifier" title="Differential amplifier">Differential amplifier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Philbrick" title="George A. 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Often these pins are left out of the diagram for clarity, and the power configuration is described or assumed from the circuit.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Typically ~10 nanoamperes, nA, for <a href="/wiki/Bipolar_junction_transistor" title="Bipolar junction transistor">bipolar</a> op amps, tens of picoamperes, pA, for <a href="/wiki/JFET" title="JFET">JFET</a> input stages, and only a few pA for <a href="/wiki/MOSFET" title="MOSFET">MOSFET</a> input stages.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This definition hews to the convention of measuring op-amp parameters with respect to the zero voltage point in the circuit, which is usually half the total voltage between the amplifier's positive and negative power rails.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Many older designs of operational amplifiers have offset null inputs to allow the offset to be manually adjusted away. Modern precision op amps can have internal circuits that automatically cancel this offset using <a href="/wiki/Chopper_(electronics)" title="Chopper (electronics)">choppers</a> or other circuits that measure the offset voltage periodically and subtract it from the input voltage.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">That the output cannot reach the power supply voltages is usually the result of limitations of the amplifier's <a href="#Output_stage">output stage</a> transistors.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Widlar used this same trick in μA702 and μA709</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The base drive for input transistors Q1/Q2 is the input bias current and must be sourced externally.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070626153413/http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/an_pk/1108">"Understanding Single-Ended, Pseudo-Differential and Fully-Differential ADC Inputs"</a>. 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IEEE: <span class="nowrap">444–</span>452. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1109%2FJRPROC.1947.232616">10.1109/JRPROC.1947.232616</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0096-8390">0096-8390</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Proceedings+of+the+IRE&rft.atitle=Analysis+of+Problems+in+Dynamics+by+Electronic+Circuits&rft.volume=35&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E444-%3C%2Fspan%3E452&rft.date=1947-05&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1109%2FJRPROC.1947.232616&rft.issn=0096-8390&rft.aulast=Ragazzini&rft.aufirst=John+R.&rft.au=Randall%2C+Robert+H.&rft.au=Russell%2C+Frederick+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperational+amplifier" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121007072916/http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/39-05/Web_ChH_final.pdf">"Op Amp Applications"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Analog_Devices" title="Analog Devices">Analog Devices</a>. 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McGraw-Hill. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/electronicprinci00malv/page/476">476</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-07-039867-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-07-039867-4"><bdi>0-07-039867-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Electronic+Principles&rft.pages=476&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=0-07-039867-4&rft.aulast=Malvino&rft.aufirst=A.+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Felectronicprinci00malv%2Fpage%2F476&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperational+amplifier" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_amplifier&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Books</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Op Amps For Everyone</i>; 5th Ed; Bruce Carter, Ron Mancini; Newnes; 484 pages; 2017; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-12-811648-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-12-811648-7">978-0-12-811648-7</a>. <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100216070704/http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/slod006b/slod006b.pdf">(2 MB PDF - 1st edition)</a></small></li> <li><i>Operational Amplifiers - Theory and Design</i>; 3rd Ed; Johan Huijsing; Springer; 423 pages; 2017; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-319-28126-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-319-28126-1">978-3-319-28126-1</a>.</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dissidents.com/books.htm">Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits - Theory and Application</a></i>; 3rd Ed; James Fiore; Creative Commons; 589 pages; 2016.<small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dissidents.com/resources/OperationalAmplifiersAndLinearICs_3E.pdf">(13 MB PDF Text)</a></small><small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dissidents.com/resources/LaboratoryManualForOperationalAmplifiersAndLinearICs_3E.pdf">(2 MB PDF Lab)</a></small></li> <li><i>Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits</i>; 8th Ed; Roland Thomas, Albert Rosa, Gregory Toussaint; Wiley; 912 pages; 2016; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-119-23538-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-119-23538-5">978-1-119-23538-5</a>.</li> <li><i>Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits</i>; 4th Ed; Sergio Franco; McGraw Hill; 672 pages; 2015; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-802816-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-802816-8">978-0-07-802816-8</a>.</li> <li><i>Small Signal Audio Design</i>; 2nd Ed; <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Self" title="Douglas Self">Douglas Self</a>; Focal Press; 780 pages; 2014; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-70973-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-70973-6">978-0-415-70973-6</a>.</li> <li><i>Linear Circuit Design Handbook</i>; 1st Ed; Hank Zumbahlen; Newnes; 960 pages; 2008; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-8703-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-8703-4">978-0-7506-8703-4</a>. <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.analog.com/en/education/education-library/linear-circuit-design-handbook.html">(35 MB PDF)</a></small></li> <li><i>Op Amp Applications Handbook</i>; 1st Ed; <a href="/wiki/Walt_Jung" title="Walt Jung">Walt Jung</a>; Analog Devices & Newnes; 896 pages; 2005; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-7844-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-7844-5">978-0-7506-7844-5</a>. <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.analog.com/en/education/education-library/op-amp-applications-handbook.html">(17 MB PDF)</a></small></li> <li><i>Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits</i>; 6th Ed; Robert Coughlin, Frederick Driscoll; Prentice Hall; 529 pages; 2001; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-13-014991-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-13-014991-6">978-0-13-014991-6</a>.</li> <li><i>Active-Filter Cookbook</i>; 2nd Ed; <a href="/wiki/Don_Lancaster" title="Don Lancaster">Don Lancaster</a>; Sams; 240 pages; 1996; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-2986-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-2986-7">978-0-7506-2986-7</a>. <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/download/ActiveFilterCookbook/Active%20Filter%20Cookbook.pdf">(28 MB PDF - 1st edition)</a></small></li> <li><i>IC Op-Amp Cookbook</i>; 3rd Ed; <a href="/wiki/Walt_Jung" title="Walt Jung">Walt Jung</a>; Prentice Hall; 433 pages; 1986; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-13-889601-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-13-889601-0">978-0-13-889601-0</a>. <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/download/ICOpAmpCookbook_201808/IcOp-ampCookbook.pdf">(18 MB PDF - 1st edition)</a></small></li> <li><i>Engineer's Mini-Notebook – OpAmp IC Circuits</i>; 1st Ed; <a href="/wiki/Forrest_Mims" title="Forrest Mims">Forrest Mims</a> III; Radio Shack; 49 pages; 1985; ASIN B000DZG196. <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/download/Forrest_Mims-Engineers_Mini-Notebook_Op_Amp_Ic_Circuits_Radio_Shack_Electronics/Forrest%20Mims-Engineer's%20Mini-Notebook%20Op%20Amp%20Ic%20Circuits%20(Radio%20Shack%20Electronics)(1).pdf">(4 MB PDF)</a></small></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFrederiksen1984" class="citation book cs1">Frederiksen, Thomas (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/intuitiveicopamp00fred"><i>Intuitive IC Op Amps - from Basics to Useful Applications</i></a> (1st ed.). <a href="/wiki/National_Semiconductor" title="National Semiconductor">National Semiconductor</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Intuitive+IC+Op+Amps+-+from+Basics+to+Useful+Applications&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=National+Semiconductor&rft.date=1984&rft.aulast=Frederiksen&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fintuitiveicopamp00fred&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperational+amplifier" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Designing with Operational Amplifiers - Applications Alternatives</i>; 1st Ed; Jerald Graeme; <a href="/wiki/Burr-Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Burr-Brown">Burr-Brown</a> & McGraw Hill; 269 pages; 1976; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-023891-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-023891-6">978-0-07-023891-6</a>.</li> <li><i>Applications of Operational Amplifiers - Third Generation Techniques</i>; 1st Ed; Jerald Graeme; <a href="/wiki/Burr-Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Burr-Brown">Burr-Brown</a> & McGraw Hill; 233 pages; 1973; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-023890-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-023890-9">978-0-07-023890-9</a>. <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/download/ApplicationsOfOperationalAmplifiers-3rdGenerationTechniques/Graeme-ApplicationsOfOperationalAmplifiers3rdGenerationTechniques.pdf">(37 MB PDF)</a></small></li> <li><i>Understanding IC Operational Amplifiers</i>; 1st Ed; <a href="/wiki/Roger_Melen" title="Roger Melen">Roger Melen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Garland" title="Harry Garland">Harry Garland</a>; Sams Publishing; 128 pages; 1971; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-672-20855-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-672-20855-3">978-0-672-20855-3</a>. <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Understanding_IC_Operational_Amplifiers_Roger_Melen_and_Harry_Garland/"><i>(archive)</i></a></small></li> <li><i>Operational Amplifiers - Design and Applications</i>; 1st Ed; Jerald Graeme, Gene Tobey, Lawrence Huelsman; <a href="/wiki/Burr-Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Burr-Brown">Burr-Brown</a> & McGraw Hill; 473 pages; 1971; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-064917-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-064917-0">978-0-07-064917-0</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>Books with opamp chapters</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Learning the Art of Electronics - A Hands-On Lab Course</i>; 1st Ed; Thomas Hayes, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Horowitz" title="Paul Horowitz">Paul Horowitz</a>; Cambridge; 1150 pages; 2016; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-17723-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-17723-8">978-0-521-17723-8</a>. (Part 3 is 268 pages)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Art_of_Electronics" title="The Art of Electronics">The Art of Electronics</a></i>; 3rd Ed; <a href="/wiki/Paul_Horowitz" title="Paul Horowitz">Paul Horowitz</a>, Winfield Hill; Cambridge; 1220 pages; 2015; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-80926-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-80926-9">978-0-521-80926-9</a>. (Chapter 4 is 69 pages)</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/index.htm">Lessons in Electric Circuits</a> - Volume III - Semiconductors</i>; 5th Ed; Tony Kuphaldt; Open Book Project; 528 page; 2009. (Chapter 8 is 59 pages) <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/Semi/SEMI.pdf">(4 MB PDF)</a></small></li> <li><i>Troubleshooting Analog Circuits</i>; 1st Ed; <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pease" title="Bob Pease">Bob Pease</a>; Newnes; 217 pages; 1991; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-9499-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-9499-5">978-0-7506-9499-5</a>. (Chapter 8 is 19 pages)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Historical application handbooks</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_signeticsdcsAnalogApplications_33415016">Analog Applications Manual (1979, 418 pages)</a>, Signetics. (OpAmps in section 3)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Historical databooks</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_nationaldaLinearDatabookVolume1_72855006">Linear Databook 1 (1988, 1262 pages)</a>, National Semiconductor. (OpAmps in section 2)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_motoroladaotorolaLinearandInterfaceICs_68927280">Linear and Interface Databook (1990, 1658 pages)</a>, Motorola. 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