Questions tagged [loop-gain]
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How to find voltage gain of below analog circuit without using Nodal analysis?
This is a theoretical circuit just made to see that if I can find voltage gain of circuit and it took me much calculations then anticipated to get voltage gain.I just want to find if there is better ...
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Negative feedback and op-amp poles
I'm trying to get a better understanding of frequency compensation for op-amps. I'll start off with a very specific questions and then get into the context. For a certain op-amp, open loop gain is ...
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What's the largest practical stable gain possible?
I have a feedback application to set the voltage of a node in which there is considerable loss in the loop. Simulations tell me that a differential voltage gain of 10000, 80dB (roughly about what you ...
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Estimate Phase Margin in Spice
I am trying to determine the phase margin of my design and I have come across two methods for modeling the open loop gain in spice. The problem is they are yielding slightly different results. I have ...
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Voltage regulator feedback circuit and stability analysis?
I have been analyzing following buck-regulator circuit to calculate the phase-margin and gain-margin.
Circuit Diagram:
Buck regulator with input voltage = 12 V and output voltage = 3.3 V.
Just as ...
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Stability at loop gain <1 and 180 degree phase shift
I'm reading this article about stability of OpAmps: Link to article.
It says: "If Aβ is less than unity at the high frequencies where phase shift reaches 180°, the high-frequency phase-shifted ...
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Amount of feedback in an amplifier
Sometimes I read things like "This amplifier has 30dB of feedback", what figure is that refering to? the \$\beta\$ of the amplifier? or the loop gain \$1+A\beta \$? or the negative feedback factor \$\...
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LT spice not predicting instability
I'm trying to make a linear regulator using an op amp and a pass transistor.
Here is the circuit:
From my limited understanding you can predict the stability of the circuit's feedback loop by ...
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General Feedback Theorem - Spice model and loop gain
I am implementing the General Feedback Theorem (Prof. Middlebrook, 2006) in LTSpice, using the example given in the Spice folder.
I used it to calculate the loop gain in a simple voltage follower ...
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Find optimal gains transfer function
I have the following closed loop transfer function:
$$G(s) = \frac{K(s^2 + 200^2)}{0.05s^3 + (1+K)s^2 + 200{K_v}s + 200K}$$
Where \$K\$ and \$K_v\$ are gains.
My goal is to find the optimal gains ...
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Why we can consider inductor as a current source when the current loop gain infinite?
I am reading about current-mode control from this site.
Please look at the excerpt below and especially the boldfaced part.
Question:
Why we can consider inductor as a current source when the ...
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Relation between crossover freqquency of loop gain and closed loop's corner frequency when feedback is not unity
In this Control Loop Cookbook from TI, in the red box the author said that the crossover frequency (indicated in figure 2) of the open-loop is same as 3dB down frequency or corner frequency of the ...
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Differential Amplifier's Unusual Behavior
This circuit is made of one differential BJT transistor pair and voltage-amplification stage with negative feedback.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
About this ...
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Benefits of higher order low pass in a negative feedback loop
Let \$G(s) = \frac{Y(s)}{R(s)}\$ be the loop gain of a negative feedback loop system.
For example a system like this, where Y(s) and R(s) are the laplace
transformed functions y(t) and r(t):
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Negative Feedback Portion of Amplifier
Here, in this question, I am referring to 3 stage Lin topology amplifier (differential stage - voltage amplification stage - output power stage + negative feedback).
I am wondering about portion of ...
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Loop bandwith and open-, closed- loop gain in ADIsimPLL
I'm want to use ADIsimPll to calculate the loop filter properties for a PLL I want to build. I read some things in the programs help topics which I find somehow strange. Maybe you guys can help me out ...
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How to adjust gain of differential discrete amplifier
Assignment schematic:
I got an assignment to
1) Calculate open loop gain of the existing design of the amplifier
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2) Configure this op-amp with the closed loop of 26 dB. The chosen resistors ...
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Any transfer function has the same denominator 1+T
Sometime ago, I came across some theory saying that in a control loop any transfer functions such as ...
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Op Amp - Specifications are given for unity gain, how to choose another gain?
TL081 datasheet gives the following specifications:
How can I find the open loop amplification?
I know that the relationship between the differential voltage amplification and the (closed or opened?) ...
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Opamp Unity gain follower stability [closed]
Please give explanation considering opamp as ideal one as well as practical one.
Edit:
I got the explanation here. Decompensated Operational Amplifiers
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Open loop gain of op amp
I am not sure I am analyzing this correctly, but here's an attempt:
\$20lgA_o=92.0412dB\$, yielding \$A_o=40K\$
And
\$20lgA_o-20lg(1+100K/\omega_b)=40\$, yielding \$f_b=40.08Hz\$, hence \$f_t=f_bA_o=...
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calculate feedback factor in feedback circuit
Below is an exercise with solution about feedback network. I am wondering how the feedback factor is calculated like that. Could anyone shed some light on this?
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How do I calculate closed loop gain's deviation?
I have an exercise in my book that I am trying to solve:
How large must the magnitude of the loop gain, \$ |A \beta| \$ be in order
for the closed loop gain, \$ A_t \$, to deviate less than 0.1% ...
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Gain-Bandwidth of LTC6409
I am planning to use a differential amplifier, LTC6409 which is reported to have a GBW of 10GHz. I ran an AC analysis on LTSpice using the Spice model given here. I connected the negative input to ...
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Series-Shunt Feedback Amplifier Analysis - Finding Loop Gain
So I'm trying to solve a problem I found in a textbook (won't say which one so people can't use it to cheat on their hw) and I haven't been able to arrive at the answer found in the appendix. Please ...
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A question about loop gain, feedback and stability of an op amp circuit
I read this article on the feedback and stability concept of an op amp.
The article describes the relationship between open loop gain, closed loop gain, loop gain and some oscillation effects for the ...
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How to stabilize this op-amp/MOSFET control system
I am creating a constant-current source and am having troubles stabilizing the control loop around U3, this is the circuit:
This next picture represents the plot of loop-gain of U3:
I've tried ...
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Understanding the negative feedback and stablizing of a current limiter
Here's a current limiter circuit that uses the negative feedback to limit the current to a certain point.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I have not studied ...
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Open loop gain of non-inverting amplifier
How can I find open loop gain of this non inverting amplifier. I searched for answer but couldn't find the answer. Using formula Gain=1+R2/R1
I am not able to figure out values ofR2 and R1
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Positive feedback with constant transfer functions
If I have a control loop with positive feedback, the closed loop transfer function expression is: $$\frac{Y(s)}{X(s)} = \frac{P(s)}{1-P(s)H(s)} $$
where \$P(s)\$ is the direct loop transfer function ...
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Big loop gain vs. big bandwidth
If one was looking for an audio amplifier of high quality, with very low distortion, which one of these two options would be better?
Large loop gain (i.e. \$af\$) but small open loop bandwidth
Small ...
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Positive feedback and unstability
In Wikipedia's positive feedback article it is stated that given the closed loop gain $$A=\frac{a}{1-af}$$ the system is unstable if \$af>1\$.
I don't really get this. If \$a=10\$ and \$f=0.5\$ (...
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Closed and Open Loop gain
Please Could you help me to solve this question
I foud hard time for it
These what I got
You will find the answer in Page# 1 and Page# 2
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Finding Loop Gain (Aβ) of Transimpedance Amplifier
I have been having trouble finding the loop gain (Aβ) of the following transimpedance amplifier:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
To find Aβ, the books I have looked ...
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Measuring Open Loop Gain
I have a question about open loop gain. In the circuit below, I want to measure the open loop gain of the error op-amp. I'm curious if the Current Limiting op-amp will affect my gain.
What does it ...
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Stability of closed-loop systems at -180 degree frequency
Say e(t) is sine wave and y(t) is sine output.
If y(t) has the same frequency as e(t) with phase shift of 180 degrees, we can only get stability of the system, if the gain of open loop at this ...
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Where is the pole introduced by the RC circuit?
I've implemented a circuit under a suggestion which solves stability issues when driving a MOSFET with an high capacitance, using an OpAmp. Now, the circuit suggested is this one, in which is modeled ...
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Linear Oscillator Frequency Problem
I was doing one of the problem sets when I stumbled upon this gem.
I know that for oscillation to occur, the gain has to be greater than 1.
The loop gain I computed is
Could anyone suggest any ...
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Closed-loop gain with source degenerated amplifier
The following circuit needs is modeled with parasitic capacitances to be analysed in frequency. I need to drive it with an MCU that can output a signal that can be some tens of kHz and I need to see ...
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Facing to real world feedback designs (here, Constant Current Generator)
I still work on a current generator made with 2 opamps and a nMOS. If I find the bias point to understand how much my LED can be driven, I still have problems to find an affordable way to derive the ...
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Loop gain(s) for multi-loop circuits
With the aim to combine some good properties of two different opamp types we can make use of the composite amplifier principle (see the figure). For example, we could combine good (small) input offset ...
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Explain me, please, what “loop response” is, to help me translate this term into other language
English in not my native language.
I've tried to find full definition of "loop response" in English, but I failed.
Here is an example of using the term "loop response":
As a working example of ...
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How to get the CMOS inverter's open-loop gain
In 74LVC1GU04's datasheet, section: 13. Application information
The equation to get close loop gain need the loop gain \$G_{OL}\$, but i've no way to get this value from the datasheet. Can this value ...
