Find the voltage gain of operational amplifier

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ADCapacitor

Joined Feb 3, 2016
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Find the voltage gain and Io

Vi=V+=V-
I1=(V-)/R1
I1=0.5mA

Node V-
Vi-0/R1+Vi-Va/R2=0
Va=-50mV

NodeA
[Va-V-/R2] + Va-0/R3 + Va-Vb/R4 =0
Vb=-0.2V

NodeB
Vb-Va/R4 + Vb-0/R5 +Vb-VO/R6=0
Vo=-0.55V

Av= -Vo/Vi
=-0.55/50m
= -11V/V

Io= Vo/RL
=-0.55/100
=-55mA

thank for the help
 

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Jony130

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And Vin is ?? Also there is some thing wrong with your answer because voltage gain cannot be negative.
Also notice that if Vin = 1V the voltage at V- is also equal to 1V and from there we can find Va using only KVL and KCL

Va
= VR1 + VR2 = Vin + IR1*R2 = 1V + (1V/100Ω)*200Ω = 3V.

Vb = VR3 + VR4 = Va + VR4 = Va + (IR3 + IR2)*R4 = 3V + (3V/200Ω + 1/100Ω)*200Ω = 8V

And if you use the similarly approach we can find that Vo/Vin = 21V/V
 

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ADCapacitor

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Vin is 50mV

I use KCL in the above calculation
current goes into the resistor R2 =current out the resistor R3 +R4
Vin-Va/R2= VA/R3+Va-VB/R4

But why
Va = VR1 + VR2 = Vin + IR1*R2 = 1V + (1V/100Ω)*200Ω = 3V.
and
Vb = VR3 + VR4 = Va + VR4 = Va + (IR3 + IR2)*R4 = 3V + (3V/200Ω + 1/100Ω)*200Ω = 8V
 

Jony130

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Vin is 50mV
fir Vin = 50mV the voltage at VA node is equal to:
Voltage drop across R1 + voltage drop across R2 = VA = VR1 + VR2
Voltage drop across R1 = Vin because V+ = V-
Voltage drop across R2 = current through R2 resistor times R2 resistance. And the current through R2 is equal to Vin/R1 because R2 is in series with R1. So, the same current must be flowing through these two resistors.
Therefore VA = VR1 + VR2 = 50mV + 50mV/100Ω *200Ω = 150mV

And VB node is equal to VR3 + VR4, Also notice that VR3 = VA and VR4 = I*R4 = (IR2 + IR2)*R4 do you agree with this ?
 

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ADCapacitor

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sorry, but I still don't understand...
I find an example which is similar to this question

short R5
V+=V-
0-Vi/R1 + 0-Va/R2=0
Va=-0.5V

Then, I follow the same method to find the Va
Vi-0/R1+Vi-Va/R2=0
Va=-50mV
What's problem here?
 

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ADCapacitor

Joined Feb 3, 2016
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The maths is your problem.

\(\frac{Vi}{R1}+\frac{(Vi-Va)}{R2}=0\)

Try solve this for Va

\(\frac{50mV}{100\Omega}+\frac{(50mV-Va)}{200\Omega}=0\)
Thank you
I think I forgot the negative sign , lol
Va sholud be 150mV
Then I can use the same way to find Vb,=0.4V ,Vo=1.05V
then I get the Av=21, Io=10.5mA
 

Jony130

Joined Feb 17, 2009
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Thank you
I think I forgot the negative sign , lol
Va sholud be 150mV
Then I can use the same way to find Vb,=0.4V ,Vo=1.05V
then I get the Av=21, Io=10.5mA
Very good, but you still do not have the right answer for Io. I can assure you that Io is not equal to 10.5mA . By Io I mean the op amp output current. 10.5mA is a current that is flowing through R7 resistor.
 
Node V-
(Vi-0)/R1+(Vi-Va)/R2=0
Va=-50mV

NodeA
[(Va-V-)/R2] + (Va-0)/R3 + (Va-Vb)/R4 =0
Vb=-0.2V

NodeB
(Vb-Va)/R4 + (Vb-0)/R5 +(Vb-VO)/R6=0
Vo=-0.55V
You had the same problem with lack of parentheses in post #1. The expressions missing parentheses happen to be such that if they are evaluated left to right without any attention paid to operator precedence, you get the right answer. Some calculators behave this way and perhaps that's what you used when evaluating those expressions, but you may not be lucky enough to have expressions that evaluate properly left to right next time. Better to use parentheses.

For extra credit, solve the problem for an opamp with a finite gain of 10. :)
 
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