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Inverting Amplifier

  1.   Select, measure, and record the values of three resistors, , and . Obtain a 747 op-amp. Assemble the circuit shown in Figure gif. Be sure to include the power connections and from the power supply circuit of Figure gif to and of the 747 chip as shown in Figure gif. In addition, the ground nodes shown in Figure gif are to be connected to the common node of Figure gif. Note that Figure gif shows two connections. There are two 741 op-amps in each 747 chip. There is a separate for each op-amp. Connect a wire between the two pins. Also note that the pins labeled NC are not connected to anything.
  2. Using the function generator apply a 1 volt peak-to-peak, 10 kHz sine wave as . Note that you need to verify the peak-to-peak voltage using the oscilloscope.
  3. Using the oscilloscope, display both the op-amp's input and output waveforms. You can do this by using channel 1 at the input and channel 2 for the output. Find the peak-to-peak voltage of the output waveform.
  4.   Record the peak-to-peak voltage of and find the gain of this op-amp configuration (Equation gif.)
  5. Increase the peak-to-peak voltage of the function generator until the top of the output sine wave is being cut off. This effect is called clipping, and it occurs when the desired amplification would produce an output voltage greater than the bounds of and dictated by the power supply. Measure the voltage of the top half of the sine wave and record this value. Do the same thing with the bottom half of the sine wave. How do these values compare to the values recorded for and ?
  6. Compare the gain you found in Step gif to the theoretical gain of the inverting op-amp.


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