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Introduction to Operational Amplifiers

Course Overview

Part 1 - Background, Characteristics, and Fundamental Operations

Ideal Parameters

Transfer Characteristics

Ideal Parameters Revisited

DC Specifications Explained

Input Voltage Range (VIN, VD, VCM)

Output Voltage Swing (VOH, VOL)

Closed Loop Gain

Input Offset Voltage (VOS)

Input Bias Offset Current

Common Mode Rejection Ratio (CMRR)

Power Supply Rejection (PSRR)

Power Supply Requirements

Input Impedance

Output Impedance

AC Specifications

Gain Bandwidth Product

Closed Loop Gain Bandwidth

Phase and Gain Margins

Settling Time and Overshoot

Part 2 - Basic Op-Amp Configurations

Part II - Basic Op-Amp Configurations

Closed Loop Configuration

Inverting Amplifiers

Non-Inverting Amplifiers

Voltage Follower

Open Loop Configuration

Part 3 - Op-Amp Responses

Open Loop Gain Revisited

Closed Loop Gain Revisited

Bandwidth Revisited

Phase Margin and Gain Margin

Internal and External R-C Networks

Compensation Network

Part 4 - Basic Op-Amp Circuits: Comparators and Summing Amplifiers

Comparators with Hysteresis (Schmitt Trigger)

Inverting Summing Amplifier

Non-Inverting Summing Amplifier

Part 5 - Basic Op-Amp Circuits: Integrators, Differentiators, and Converters

Differentiators

Part 6 - Active Filters: Low Pass, High Pass, and Band Pass

Low Pass Filters

High Pass Filters

Band Pass Filters

Microchip FilterLab® Software

Butterworth Filters

Chebyshev Filters

Filter Design Example

Mindi Filter Examples

Part 7 - Basic Op-Amp Circuits: Oscillators and Timers

Oscillator Basics

Feedback Oscillators

Phase Shift Oscillators

Relaxation Oscillators

Square Wave Oscillators

Part 8 - Special Function Amplifiers

Instrumentation Amplifiers

Instrumentation Amplifier Applications

Programmable Gain Amplifiers

Filter Summary

Filter Summary

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