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May 9, 2021 at 7:39 vote accept KMC
Apr 30, 2021 at 11:49 history edited Elliot Alderson CC BY-SA 4.0
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Apr 29, 2021 at 22:44 history edited Circuit fantasist
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Apr 29, 2021 at 22:41 comment added Circuit fantasist @qrk, No current flows in this circuit...
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Apr 29, 2021 at 17:23 comment added qrk You show floating 1V sources which will cause your output to slam to a rail due to the floating positive input wrt DC. The sources need to be 2-terminal devices. If the 1V sources are referenced to ground, then you have current flow through your feedback resistors and the circuit will give you a 1V output as expected. If you try to connect a single source between the inputs, you'll get a clipped output since the circuit gain is the open loop gain of the op-amp.
Apr 29, 2021 at 17:07 comment added G36 In case "A" you have an example of negative feedback in action. If Vout = 0V then the voltage at inverting input will be +0.5V. And this difference will be amplified by an op-amp. Thus, the opt amp output will be driven towards the positive voltage to "forced" V_"+" = V_"-". Because V_"+" > V_"-". As this is what negative feedback "wants". If the op-amp output overshoots the sign of a voltage difference (V_"+" - V_"-") will change (V_"-" > V_"+") so that the output will now start to decrease until equilibrium point is reached.
Apr 29, 2021 at 17:01 comment added Voltage Spike Please ask a specific question
Apr 29, 2021 at 16:56 comment added John D "If no current passes through Rf, the feedback loop is essentially an open circuit (circuit B)." No it isn't. Any vanishingly small deviation from 1V on the inverting input would be corrected by a change to Vout, so the loop is still closed. At the limit with gain approaching infinity the output approaches exactly 1V, but Rf is still present and necessary.
Apr 29, 2021 at 16:52 comment added KMC @nanofarad I just edited my question. If the input potential is zero, shouldn't the output be zero too? Actually with finite gain as you pointed out, the argument would be even more compelling - finite open loop gain multiplied by zero potential must be zero! With ideal infinite gain, it's difficult to say .... as I would run into infinity multiplied by zero...
Apr 29, 2021 at 16:47 history edited KMC CC BY-SA 4.0
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Apr 29, 2021 at 16:42 comment added nanofarad The ideal op amp model, with a gain of infinity, is bound to fail in edge-cases such as these; consider doing the analysis with an op amp that has a high, but finite gain (e.g. 1 million).
Apr 29, 2021 at 16:33 history asked KMC CC BY-SA 4.0