NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE- BASIC ELECTRONICS

Training Course

Addis Ababa

Laboratory exercise 8

Application of operational amplifiers in signal

conditioning

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EXPERIMENT NO. 1.8

OBJECTIVE:-

Implement and verify functions of basic electronic circuits with operational

amplifier: inverting amplifier, non inverting amplifier, adder, comparator and low
pass filter.

INTRODUCTION:-

Operational amplifier OP07

Pin-out of the integrated operational amplifier OP07 is shown in the figure 1. The
operational amplifier has input for external nulling of voltage offset. Operational
amplifier is designed to work with dual supply voltage from  3V to  18V .

Figure 1.
For the circuit to work properly, it is necessary to connect it to a power supply,
the pin number 7 to the positive voltage, and the pin number 4 to the negative
voltage. Extremely dangerous for the circuit is a situtation when a signal is
applied to an input while there is no power supply supplied to the integrated
circuit. Although the circuit inputs are somewhat protected, the protection is not
sufficient in such a situation and the circuit can gets damaged.

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APPARATUS AND COMPONENTS
 D.C Power supply
 multimeters
 OP07 IC
 Resistors, 1kΩ, 2kΩ ,3.9kΩ, 51kΩ and 100kΩ
 Connecting wires
 Breadboard
 Function Generator

1. Inverting amplifier
Task:-
Assemble on the breadboard the inverting amplifier circuit as shown in the figure
2. Connect to the input of the amplifier signal from the signal generator vIN , with
amplitude 100 mV, frequency 1 kHz and offset 0 V. Measure, by means of
oscilloscope, the amplitude of the output voltage vOUT and compute voltage gain
of the amplifier for various values of the resistor R2 : 2 kΩ , 3.9 kΩ , 51 kΩ and
100 kΩ . Present the results in the table 2. Note phase difference between input
and output. For R2  100 kΩ calculate and then measure the value of the input
voltage at which the amplifier's output becomes saturated.

Figure 1, Inverting amplifier

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Measurement results
Table .1

R2 VIN VOUT Av

2 kΩ 100mV

3.9 kΩ 100mV

51 kΩ 100mV

100 kΩ 100mV

The value of the input voltage when the amplifier's output becomes saturated:
a) Calculation
VIN SAT  __________
b) Measurement
VIN SAT  __________

2. Non inverting amplifier

Task:-
Assemble on the breadboard the non inverting amplifier circuit as shown in the
figure 3. Connect to the amplifier input signal from the signal generator vIN , with
amplitude 100 mV, frequency 1 kHz and offset 0 V. Measure, by means of
oscilloscope, the amplitude of the output voltage vOUT and compute voltage gain
of the amplifier for various values of the resistor R2 : 2 kΩ , 3.9 kΩ , 51 kΩ and
100 kΩ . Present the results in the table 2. Note phase difference between input
and output. For R2  100 kΩ calculate and then measure, the value of the input
voltage at which the amplifier's output becomes saturated.

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 Figure .2, none inverting amplifier
Measurement results
Table .2

R2 VIN VOUT Av

2 kΩ 100mV

3.9 kΩ 100mV

51 kΩ 100mV

100 kΩ 100mV

3. Adder
Task:-
Assemble on the breadboard the adder circuit as shown in the figure 3.1. Connect
to one input of the adder sine signal from the signal generator vIN , with amplitude
100 mV, frequency 1 kHz and offset 0 V. Connect to the second input of the adder
DC voltage VIN =100 mV, provided by voltage divider implemented with the
potentiometer P  4.7kΩ , as shown in the figure 3.1. Confirm the value of DC
voltage by means of oscilloscope. Draw waveforms of the voltages vIN , VIN and

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vOUT in the diagrams in figure 3.2. Write down the equation for the output voltage
vOUT as a function of vIN and VIN .

Figure .3.1 two voltages adder

Measurement results

Figure 3.2

vI  _____________________

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4. Comparator
Task:-
Assemble on the breadboard the comparator circuit as shown in figure 4.1.
Connect sine signal vIN from the signal generator to the comparator's input, with
amplitude 1 V, frequency 1 kHz and offset 0 V. Provide the reference voltage VR
by means of potentiometer P = 4.7 kΩ (figure 4.1). Measure the reference voltage
with the oscilloscope. Draw time diagrams of the output voltage vOUT for various
values of reference voltage: VR1  0.25 V and VR 2  0.75 V (figure 4.2)

Figure 4.1

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Measurement results

Figure 4.2