High-gain voltage amplifier with a differential input
Operational amplifier
The μA741, a popular early integrated op amp
Type
Discrete circuit Integrated circuit
Invented
Karl D. Swartzel Jr.
Pin configuration
V+ non-inverting input
V− inverting input
Vout output
VS+ positive power supply[nb 1]
VS− negative power supply[nb 1]
Electronic symbol
Circuit diagram symbol for a representative op amp. Pins are labeled as listed above.
An operational amplifier (often op amp or opamp) is a DC-coupled electronic voltage amplifier with a differential input, a (usually) single-ended output,[1] and an extremely high gain. Its name comes from its original use of performing mathematical operations in analog computers.
By using negative feedback, an op amp circuit's characteristics (e.g. its gain, input and output impedance, bandwidth, and functionality) can be determined by external components and have little dependence on temperature coefficients or engineering tolerance in the op amp itself. This flexibility has made the op amp a popular building block in analog circuits.
Today, op amps are used widely in consumer, industrial, and scientific electronics. Many standard integrated circuit op amps cost only a few cents; however, some integrated or hybrid operational amplifiers with special performance specifications may cost over US$100.[2] Op amps may be packaged as components or used as elements of more complex integrated circuits.
The op amp is one type of differential amplifier. Other differential amplifier types include the fully differential amplifier (an op amp with a differential rather than single-ended output), the instrumentation amplifier (usually built from three op amps), the isolation amplifier (with galvanic isolation between input and output), and negative-feedback amplifier (usually built from one or more op amps and a resistive feedback network).
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