Linear - Amplifiers - Instrumentation, OP Amps, Buffer Amps are semiconductor devices designed to generate increased amplitude analogue waveforms, lower impedance, or isolate the signal source, and perform mathematical operations on analogue signals. Mathematical operations include summation, integration, negation, etc., and the products include instrumentation amplifiers, chopper stabilized, zero-drift, or auto-zero amplifier, and types of feedback devices. A linear amplifier refers to the electronic circuit that delivers high power into a load, and its input is proportionate to the output.
What are Op Amps?
Op Amps or Operational Amplifiers are designed to amplify input signals into stronger output signals with a high voltage gain. These are semiconductor devices that are mostly used in electronic analogue circuits.
What are Buffer Amps?
A buffer amp (amplifier), also known as a buffer, allows electrical impedance transformation between circuits and prevents the signal source from damage, loads, or current impacts. These amplifiers’ classes are made for low-level stages.
What Are Instrumentation Amplifier ICs?
Instrumentation amplifiers, shortened to In-Amps, are precision gain blocks of various types that act as differential amplifiers and are designed to function in various electronic and measurement test equipment. These electronic amplifiers amplify the difference in voltage between two inputs while suppressing any voltage waveforms typical of the dual inputs. Furthermore, these amplifier ICs are suitable for data acquisition and other applications with precise small signal extraction capabilities.
Applications of Linear - Amplifiers - Instrumentation, Op Amps, Buffer Amps
Depending on the type of integrated circuit, they are widely used to perform various applications in different environments. Operational amplifiers are widely used in many analogue and power applications, such as:
- Crystal oscillators and waveform generators
- Audio/Video-frequency pre-amplifiers and buffers
- Integrators, comparators, differentiators
- Converters (Analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue)
- Voltage Clamps
- Analogue Calculators, Filters, Precision rectifiers
- Voltage regulators (Linear)
- Precision rectifiers and peak-to-peak detectors
Instrumentation amplifiers ICs are employed in data acquisition (with distinct transducers), such as:
- Test and Measurement Industrial Devices
- Thermocouples
- Data Acquisition Devices
- Strain gauges
- Medical Devices
- Wheatstone bridge measurement, and more.
