Experiment No 6 Difference Amplifier
Experiment No 6 Difference Amplifier
Experiment No 6
DIFFERENCE AMPLIFIER
Aim: To design and setup a difference amplifier circuit with OPAMP IC 741C for a gain of 2
and verify the output.
Objectives: After completion of this experiment, student will be able to design and setup a
difference amplifier using OP AMP.
Equipments/Components:
Sl. No Name and Specification Quantity required
1 Dual power supply +/- 15V 1
2 DC power source 1.5V 1
3 Function generator (0-1MHz) 1
4 Oscilloscope 1
5 Bread board 1
6 IC 741C 1
7 Resistor 3
8 Probes and connecting wires As required.
Principle:
A difference amplifier is a circuit that gives the amplified version of the difference of
the two inputs, Vo =A(V1-V2), Where V1 and V2 are the inputs and A is the voltage gain.
Here input voltage V1 is connected to non-inverting terminal and V2 to the inverting
terminal. This is also called as differential amplifier. Output of a differential amplifier can be
determined using super position theorem. When V1=0, the circuit becomes an inverting
amplifier with input V2 and the resulting output is V02= -Rf /Ri (V2). When V2=0, the circuit
become a non-inverting amplifier with input V1 and the resulting output is V01= Rf/Ri(V1).
Therefore the resulting output according to super position theorem is
Vo = V01+ V02 = Rf/Ri(V1-V2)
Procedure
Circuit Diagram
Design:
Given the gain = 2
Vo = V01+ V02 = Rf/Ri(V1-V2)
That is Rf / Ri = 2
Let Ri = 1.1KΩ
Then Rf = 2.2KΩ
Observations:
V1= 1.5 DC
V2= 1Vpp sine wave
Then Vo = ?
Graph: