Electronic – For an inverting opamp, is inverting the same thing as an 180 degree phase shift

operational-amplifier

Many texts talk about 180 degree phase shift as a function of the inverting opamp.

Is that correct? It seems to me inverting is happening almost immediately but phase is related to time and period and time delay between the input and output.

Best Answer

An inverting op-amp inverts the signal; it does not phase change the signal at the output by 180 degrees although, if the input waveform were a sinewave, then it would look like 180 degrees of phase shift.