The above circuit is from Operational Amplifier Adder.
Now remove feedback resistor and op-amp, and get the output. From the answer of the question, I know how the end result for Vout would be, assuming load resistance exists.
But now suppose that there are N inputs, and there is some load resistance RL. Can anyone show me a simple way or equation of quantifying how load resistance makes the sum result diverge from the ideal value? (The question comes from the fact that adding parallel resistances involve ||, which when expressed into final output takes a lot of time to expand and I still do not know whether there exists a general formula for any N inputs.)
Answer
The output voltage is
VOUT=R1||R2||..||Rn||RL⋅∑(Vi/Ri)=(R1||R2||..||Rn)||RL⋅∑(Vi/Ri)=RKRLRK+RL⋅∑(Vi/Ri)
where $R_K = R_1||R_2||..||R_n$
If you consider the ideal output voltage is when $R_L = \infty $, then
VOUTVIDEAL=RLRK+RL
To look at it intuitively, $R_K$ is simply the Thévenin equivalent source resistance of the divider without the load resistor.
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