Electronic – Inverting or Differential Amplifier? (Or neither?)

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I have been searching for how to calculate Vout in the following operational amplifier circuit, but so far I have come up empty.

circuit

I feel it is either an inverting amplifier or a differential amplifier. I have yet to find an equation for an inverting amplifier that incorporates an external voltage source between the non-inverting input and ground. Also, if this is a differential amplifier, then the just-mentioned external voltage source could be the result of a voltage division between R2 and Rg according the following circuit.

differential amplifier

I should then be able to use the following formula to calculate an output voltage.

formula

This gives a Vout of 100 mV. Does this seem right? It is interesting how Vout = V1 = VRg.

Can anyone shed some light of understanding upon this conundrum of mine?

Best Answer

You're correct; this will output 100 mV as drawn. The reason for this is the amplifier outputs whatever voltage is required to set its inputs equal. Since one input is fixed at 100 mV, the other one must be driven to 100 mV. This happens when the output is at 100 mV. Since every node in the circuit is at 100 mV, no current will flow through the resistors (well, ignoring any current flowing in to the op amp input pins).