- 2070 Asar · 3+2+2 marks
Find coefficients of op-amp summing circuit
Short answer
a1 = –R4/R1, a3 = –R4/R3, a2 = (1 + R4/(R1||R3))·R5/(R2+R5). If R4 is shorted, Vo = V2·R5/(R2+R5). If R4 is removed, there is no feedback and Vo saturates to ±Vsat depending on input difference.
For the circuit shown in figure below, the output voltage can be expressed as V0 = a1v1 + a2v2 + a3v3. Now: (i) Find the value of a1, a2 and a3. Also find the value of v0 if (ii) R4 is short circuited and (iii) R4 is removed. [Figure: one op-amp. V1 through R1 and V3 through R3 both go to the inverting input; feedback resistor R4 from the output V0 to the inverting input. V2 through R2 goes to the non-inverting input, which is also connected to ground through R5. No resistor values are given.]
Circuit: V1 (through R1) and V3 (through R3) to the inverting input, R4 from output to inverting input, V2 through R2 to the non-inverting input with R5 to ground. Ideal op-amp assumed.
R4
+-----/\/\/-----+
V1 --R1--+ |
V3 --R3--+---(-) |
>-----+---- V0
V2 --R2--+---(+)
|
R5
|
GND
(i) Coefficients a1, a2, a3
Non-inverting input voltage (voltage divider, no input current):
V+ = V2·R5/(R2 + R5)
KCL at the inverting input, with V− = V+ = Vp:
(V1 - Vp)/R1 + (V3 - Vp)/R3 + (V0 - Vp)/R4 = 0
V0 = -(R4/R1)V1 - (R4/R3)V3 + Vp(1 + R4/R1 + R4/R3)
Substituting Vp:
a1 = -R4/R1
a3 = -R4/R3
a2 = (1 + R4/R1 + R4/R3) · R5/(R2 + R5)
= [1 + R4/(R1 ‖ R3)] · R5/(R2 + R5)
So V0 = −(R4/R1)V1 + [1 + R4/(R1‖R3)]·[R5/(R2 + R5)]·V2 − (R4/R3)V3.
(ii) R4 short-circuited (R4 = 0)
Then a1 = a3 = 0 and a2 = R5/(R2 + R5). The output is tied directly to the inverting input and the circuit is a voltage follower of V+:
V0 = V2·R5/(R2 + R5)
V1 and V3 have no effect (the op-amp output supplies their currents).
(iii) R4 removed (R4 = ∞)
There is no feedback, so the op-amp works open-loop as a comparator with gain A (very large):
V- = (V1·R3 + V3·R1)/(R1 + R3)
V+ = V2·R5/(R2 + R5)
V0 = +Vsat if V+ > V-
V0 = -Vsat if V+ < V-
The output saturates near the supply rails (about ±13 V for ±15 V supply); the linear relation V0 = a1v1 + a2v2 + a3v3 no longer holds.
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