Input impedance for a difference amplifier OpAmp circuit
This is my answer to SE EE question Input impedance for a difference amplifier OpAmp circuit . My answer It has always been a good idea to find the answer to a specific question with the help of a more general idea… Here the answer can easily be found if we see Miller's powerful idea of virtually modifying impedance. The resistor R1 supplied at both ends with the two single-ended voltages V1 and V- is a typical Miller arrangement. Note that both voltage sources are perfect. V1 by definition has low internal resistance. V- is inherently an imperfect voltage source because it consists of a perfect voltage source (the op-amp output) and the resistor R3 in series… but due to the negative feedback it behaves as a perfect voltage source. Thus the op-amp acts as a voltage follower that copies the voltage V+ of its non-inverting input as a voltage V- at its inverting input (the disturbing resistance R3 is eliminated). The op-amp does it by sinking/sourcing a current through R1-R3 networ...