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walid

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When you swap the inputs of the opamp you will notice that the input impedance of the preamp circuit is only 2.2k ohms which is too low for an electret microphone. A non-inverting opamp circuit would have a much higher input impedance so that an electret mic is not loaded down.

For a very low resistance source, the gain at low audio frequencies of the inverting preamp circuit is R2/R1= 100. The impedance of the mic is in series with R1 so reduces the gain.

You will also notice that the lousy old 741 is noisy and cuts off frequencies above 9kHz. A more modern TL071 single, TL072 dual or TL074 quad audio opamp IC costs about the same, is low noise and has a much wider bandwidth.

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Hi aProgrammer
thank u for fast reply

Yes I agree, there are a mistake, the + and - inputs are inverted

If they are
Av = 1 + (R2/R1)

but why they connect the (+) i/p  [the -ve in the figure] to adivider that half of VCC applied to it, why not simply connect R4 to ground and omit R3?
thanks

To guru whose reply reached me just now

Are u agree that there are a mistake, the + and - inputs are inverted
I read your reply and I'll analyze it now:

When you swap the inputs of the opamp you will notice that the input impedance of the preamp circuit is only 2.2k ohms which is too low for an electret microphone. A non-inverting opamp circuit would have a much higher input impedance so that an electret mic is not loaded down.


from this i deduce that someone can swap the inputs of the opamp to get low input impedance if he want, and that the circuit as its work.

For a very low resistance source, the gain at low audio frequencies of the inverting preamp circuit is R2/R1= 100. The impedance of the mic is in series with R1 so reduces the gain.

thank u guru
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Hi Walid,
The opamp has a single supply so R3 and R4 form a voltage divider to provide it with a half-supply reference voltage. Then the output of the opamp can swing symmetrically. If it had only R4 then its output would be saturated near 0V and it would be a rectifier.

I just noticed that the volume control is only 1k. Most opamps have a minimum load of 2k. I would use 10k.
I also notice that the volume control has DC in it which produces noise as it is adjusted. It should be fed only AC through a coupling capacitor from the output of the opamp.

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Hi Walid,
We were talking about the 10uF filter capacitor. If it isn't there and the supply has 40mV of mains hum then the R3 and R4 divider would reduce it to 20mV and the opamp would amplify it by 101 to 2.02V at the output.

Signals at the input need to have a very low impedance or they will be divided by the 2.2k input resistance of the circuit. Then they will be amplified 100 times.

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Just wanted to touch on supply ripple noise. I applied a signal to the bases of two transistor, collectors connected together, for a gain of 1000, whatever it's called, and the 60 Hz supply ripple never made it to the output. The signal was there, gain of 1000, but the supply ripple disappeared. Could there have been a cancellation effect? The circuit no longer exists.

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I applied a signal to the bases of two transistor, collectors connected together, for a gain of 1000, whatever it's called, and the 60 Hz supply ripple never made it to the output. The signal was there, gain of 1000, but the supply ripple disappeared. Could there have been a cancellation effect? The circuit no longer exists.

A differential amplifier cancels the same signal on both inputs but its emitters are connected together, not its collectors. This one is the differential input of an opamp:

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