opamp active impedence

DickCappels

Joined Aug 21, 2008
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What circuit are you considering?

(Quick answer: put a 200 ohm resistor in series with the output, but without a picture I don't know whether I understand your question.)
 

AnalogKid

Joined Aug 1, 2013
12,128
Many years ago, RTS invented a multi-station intercom for TV production. It was based on a power supply regulator that synthesized a 200 ohm output impedance without needing a big fat power resistor. The circuit was based on an opamp with both positive and negative feedback, sorta like a Howland current pump but with non-equal resistor ratios.

The theoretical output impedance of an opamp circuit is based on both the positive and negative feedback loops. For a linear amplifier stage there usually is no positive feedback, and the circuit gain and output impedance equations reduce to the familiar forms we all use. But they come from a more complex form that defines the output impedance in terms of four circuit impedances. This is how things like gyrators and synthetic inductors are designed and analyzed.

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