V_a=V_S+\left({V_O-V_S}\right)\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}
V_b=V_R+\left({V_O-V_R}\right)\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}
\left({V_O-V_R}\right)\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}= \left({V_S-V_R}\right)+\left({V_O-V_S}\right)\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}
\frac{V_O-V_R}{V_S-V_R}= \frac{R_1+R_3}{R_1}\left({1+\frac{V_O-V_S}{V_S-V_R}·\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}}\right)
A_V·\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}=1+\frac{V_O-V_R+V_R-V_S}{V_S-V_R}·\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}=1+\left({A_V-1}\right)\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}
A_V\left({\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}-\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}}\right)=1-\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}
A_V=\frac{R_2\left({R_0+R_2}\right)\left({R_1+R_3}\right)}{\left({R_0+R_2}\right)\left[{R_1\left({R_0+R_2}\right)-R_0\left({R_1+R_3}\right)}\right]}=
=\frac{R_2\left({R_0+R_2}\right)\left({R_1+R_3}\right)}{R_2\left({R_0+R_2}\right)\left({R_1+R_3}\right)\left[{\frac{R_1}{R_2}·\frac{R_0+R_2}{R_1+R_3}-\frac{R_0}{R_2}}\right]}=
=\left[{Def.:\ R\ ,\ \ \frac1{R_0}+\frac1{R_2}=\frac1{R_1}+\frac1{R_3}=\frac1{R}}\right]=
=\frac1{\frac{R_1R_0R_2}{R_2R_1R_3}-\frac{R_0}{R_2}}=\frac1{R_0\left({\frac1{R_3}-\frac1{R_2}}\right)}=\frac1{R_0\left({\frac1{R_0}-\frac1{R_1}}\right)}=\frac1{1-\frac{R_0}{R_1}}={A_V}^+
What the above means - is that in case of the shown configuration - the non-common mode signal is extracted from common mode one , amplified ... and added back to the common mode one . . . shortly put :
V_O=V_R+A_V·\left({V_S-V_R}\right)
PS! : It is also possible to show - as for the above positive voltage gain derivation - that when we swap VS and VR then the negative/inverting voltage gain becomes A_V=\frac1{1-\frac{R_1}{R_0}} (see below) . . .
assuming the relation R_2=R_0·\left({A_V-1}\right) for the positive gain and the relation R_2=-A_V·R_0 for the inverting gain -- the following applies :
the neg. gain case :
{A_V}^+=1-{A_V}^-=1-\frac1{1-\frac{R_1}{R_0}}=\frac{1-\frac{R_1}{R_0}-1}{1-\frac{R_1}{R_0}}=\frac{-\frac{R_1}{R_0}}{1-\frac{R_1}{R_0}}=\frac1{1-\frac{R_0}{R_1}}
e.g. \quad\left|{{A_V}^-}\right|={A_V}^+-1\quad ← that
for the same resistor values or for the same R0 : R1 ratio
about formulas :
parameter | non-inverting | inverting |
A_V\quad | user set
\displaystyle{\frac1{1-\frac{R_0}{R_1}}} | user set
\displaystyle{\frac1{1-\frac{R_1}{R_0}}} |
R_0 | user set | user set |
R_2 | R_0·\left({A_V-1}\right) | -A_V·R_0 |
\frac1R | \displaystyle{\frac1{R_0}+\frac1{R_2}=\frac1{R_1}+\frac1{R_3}} |
R_1 | \displaystyle{\frac{R_0}{1-\frac1{A_V}}} | R_0\left({1-\frac1{A_V}}\right) |
R_3 | \displaystyle{\frac1{\frac1R-\frac1{R_1}}} |
R_3 | \displaystyle{R_1\left({\frac1{1-{\left({1-\frac1{A_V}}\right)}^2}-1}\right)} | \displaystyle{\frac{R_1}{{\left({1-\frac1{A_V}}\right)}^2-1}} |
V_b=V_S+\left({V_O-V_S}\right)\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}
V_a=V_R+\left({V_O-V_R}\right)\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}
\left({V_O-V_R}\right)\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}= \left({V_S-V_R}\right)+\left({V_O-V_S}\right)\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}
\frac{V_O-V_R}{V_S-V_R}·\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}= 1+\frac{V_O-V_R+V_R-V_S}{V_S-V_R}·\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}
A_V·\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}=1+\left({A_V-1}\right)·\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}
A_V·\left({\frac{R_0}{R_0+R_2}-\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}}\right)=1-\frac{R_1}{R_1+R_3}=\frac{R_3}{R_1+R_3}
A_V=\frac{R_3\left({R_1+R_3}\right)\left({R_0+R_2}\right)}{\left({R_1+R_3}\right)\left[{R_0\left({R_1+R_3}\right)-R_1\left({R_0+R_2}\right)}\right]}=\frac{\mathbb{Z}}{\mathbb{Z}\left[{\frac{R_0}{R_3}·\frac{R_1+R_3}{R_0+R_2}-\frac{R_1}{R_3}}\right]}=
=\frac1{\frac{R_0R_1R_3}{R_0R_2R_3}-\frac{R_1}{R_3}}=\frac1{R_1\left({\frac1{R_2}-\frac1{R_3}}\right)}= \frac1{\frac{R_1}{R_1}-\frac{R_1}{R_0}}=\frac1{1-\frac{R_1}{R_0}}={A_V}^-
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