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What is the general utility of Rule #2 of op-amps? I'm struggling to see how it's more useful that just a ground.

For some of the cases we looked at today, one of the op-amp inputs was tied to ground, which made the other a ``virtual ground''. But Rule #2 still works even if one of the inputs isn't ground, and the rule can help analyze the circuit behavior. An example is the non-inverting amplifier, for which the op-amp's inverting input voltage is given by the feedback voltage divider. If we use Rule #2, we can calculate the gain.



Kate Scholberg 2017-03-30