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Operational Amplifiers

Inverting and Non-Inverting Gain Circuits
Inverting amplifier
AV = -RF/RIN

The signal enters through RIN; RF returns output to the summing node. The minus sign indicates inversion.

10 kΩ input and 100 kΩ feedback gives an ideal gain of -10.
Non-inverting amplifier
AV = 1 + RF/RG

The signal drives the non-inverting input directly, so input impedance can be extremely high.

90 kΩ feedback and 10 kΩ to reference gives an ideal gain of 10.
Follower

Connecting output directly to the inverting input gives gain near one and is one of the most useful buffer circuits in electronics.

Bias-current balancing

With bipolar-input amplifiers, resistance seen by each input can be balanced so input bias currents create more nearly equal voltage errors.

Noise gain

The op-amp's own input error sees a closed-loop gain that may differ from the desired signal gain. This noise gain controls bandwidth and stability.

Resistor values

Very low values waste current and load the output. Very high values increase Johnson noise and sensitivity to bias current, leakage, board contamination, and parasitic capacitance.