Duration
Signal Conditioning with Operational Amplifiers
3 days
Overview
Signal conditioning is an important part of a measurement system, in which it conditions and manipulates signals from sensors and transducers in preparation for the next stage of processing. A well designed and properly implemented signal conditioning circuit is vital for the performance and accuracy of data acquisition.
This course focuses on signal conditioning techniques such as amplification and filtering with operational amplifiers.
What You Will Learn
This course concentrates on the theoretical and practical knowledge to allow participants to achieve the following learning outcomes. Upon completing the course, participants would be able to:
- Understand various techniques of signal conditioning
- Identify the basic construction, characteristics, limitations, configurations and applications of operational amplifiers
- Analyse sources of noise
- Implement noise control methodologies
- Design signal conditioning solutions using operational amplifiers for instrumentation system
Who Should Attend
This course is particularly suited for engineers and engineering related personnel who would like to analyse and design signal conditioning circuits using operational amplifiers for instrumentation systems.
Prerequisites
Participants are required to have a basic knowledge in circuit analysis and engineering mathematics.
Course Methodology
This course is presented in a workshop style with lectures interlaced with demonstrations and practical for maximum understanding.
Introduction
- Measurement systems
- Various techniques of signal conditioning
- Operational amplifiers fundamentals
- Quiz: Operational amplifier fundamentals
Op-Amp Circuits
Overview
- Inverting amplifier
- Non-inverting amplifier
- Hands-on practical: Basic Amplifier Design
- Differential amplifier
- Instrumentation amplifier
- Hands-on practical: Precision Amplification
- Transconductance amplifier
- Transimpedance amplifier
- Buffering and compensation circuits
- Hands-on practical: Transconductance Amplifier
Active Filters
Overview
- Laplace transform
- Transfer functions
- High pass filter
- Low pass filter
- Hands-on practical: Fundamental Active Filtration
- Band pass filter
- Notch filter
- Sallen-key topology
- Butterworth, Elliptic, Chebyshev and Bessel response
- Hands-on practical: Advanced Filter Design
Noise Reduction
- Types of noise
- Selecting Op-Amps
- Hands-on practical: Operational Amplifier Selection
- Noise control and reduction
- Hands-on practical: Noise Mitigation Techniques
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.