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Q.Define input offset voltage.

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The tiny input voltage needed to force the output to zero.

In an ideal op-amp, grounding both inputs gives zero output. In a practical op-amp the transistors of the differential input stage are never perfectly identical, so a small unbalanced output appears even with both inputs at ground. The input offset voltage is defined as the small dc voltage that must be applied between the inverting and non-inverting inputs to bring the output back to exactly zero. For the IC 741 it is only a few m …

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