instrumentation amplifier
instrumentation amplifier
[‚in·strə·men′tā·shən ′am·plə‚fī·ər]Instrumentation amplifier
A special-purpose linear amplifier, used for the accurate amplification of the difference between two (often small) voltages, often in the presence of much larger common-mode voltages, and having a pair of differential (usually high-impedance) input terminals, connected to sources Vin1 and Vin2; a well-defined differential-mode gain ADM; and a voltage output Vout, satisfying the relationship given in the equation below. It
Instrumentation amplifiers are used to interface low-level devices, such as strain gages, pressure transducers, and Hall-effect magnetic sensors, into a subsequent high-level process, such as analog-to-digital conversion. See Amplifier, Differential amplifier, Pressure transducer, Strain gage