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By James A. Blackburn

This contemporary presentation comprehensively addresses the critical concerns in glossy instrumentation, yet with no trying an encyclopaedic reference. It covers crucial subject matters in electronics, sensors, measurements and acquisition platforms, and may be an necessary reference for readers in a wide selection of disciplines.

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Consistency of performance and reliability are hallmarks of modern integrated circuits. In its ideal form, an amplifier generates an output that is A times the input, regardless of the input signal strength or frequency. Real amplifiers have limitations in both respects, but for the moment we shall assume ideal behavior. A differential amplifier (see Fig. 1) has two inputs, usually labelled + and —, or equivalently, noninverting and inverting. 1) where A is the amplifier gain. Of course, if the inverting input is grounded, then Vout = A V+, so the behavior reverts to a conventional single-channel amplifier.

2. Wheatstone bridge with un­ known Rx , Ra and Rb are an adjustable com­ bination used for bridge balancing. determine an accurate value for the ratio Ra / Rb in order to measure the un­ known Rx. This resistance ratio is numerically equal to the ratio of the lengths of wire in the two arms CA and CB. An accurate reading of these lengths is usually a simple matter. Unbalanced Bridge A bridge can also be used to provide an output voltage in response to shifts in some physical parameter away from a stipulated operating or reference value.

10) expresses current conservation at the output node (see Fig. 6). 11) Comparing this to Eq. 6. Addition of load resistance to the noninverting amplifier. diminish. Incidentally, this expression differs slightly from Eq. 3), even when the limit RL ∞ is reimposed. This is because the op-amp output resistance ro is now accounted for, whereas it was not included in the slightly simplified derivation of Eq. 3). Now let us determine the special value for a load resistance RL such that the closed-loop gain from Eq.

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