Amplifiers – Sum and difference amplifiers
Patent
1991-02-19
1991-12-24
Mullins, James B.
Amplifiers
Sum and difference amplifiers
330 84, 330144, 330147, 330260, 330284, 330301, H03F 345
Patent
active
050756338
ABSTRACT:
A new instrumentation amplifier design uses three operational amplifiers (op amps), each of which has a feedback circuit connected from its output to its inverting input. The first op amp has a unity gain feedback, and is connected through a gain setting resistor to the inverting input of the second op amp. The output of the third op amp is connected through a resistor to the inverting input for the second op amp, while the third op amp's non-inverting input is connected to one of the second op amp's inputs. Differential voltage input signals are applied to the non-inverting inputs of the first and second op amps, while a reference voltage is applied to the inverting input of the third op amp. The circuit is capable of operating with a single voltage supply (V+) by setting the negative voltage supply together with the reference voltage at ground potential. It has a simplified gain equation based upon the ratio between the feedback resistor for the second op amp and the gain setting resistor. Multiple selectable gain setting resistors may be provided to allow for gain programmability, with a special switching circuit that isolates the switch resistance from the gain equation.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5027081 (1991-06-01), Baum
Analog Devices Inc.
Mullins James B.
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