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Q&A Determining the output swing, output common-mode range and input common-mode range in a differential amplifer

First, common mode is something that only applies to a differential signal. When a signal is encoded in the difference between two voltages, the common mode voltage is the average of the two. The...

posted 2mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2024-03-30T13:44:42Z (about 2 months ago)
First, <i>common mode</i> is something that only applies to a differential signal.  When a signal is encoded in the difference between two voltages, the common mode voltage is the average of the two.

The <i>common mode range</i> is the range of common mode voltage over which a small differential signal can still be correctly detected.

The output swing is as you say, the maximum range the output voltage can vary while still being the expected function of the input voltages.

Common mode output range makes no sense, since the output is single-ended, not differential.

Your plot is unreadably small and the axis poorly defined, so I can't comment on how the above relates to your measurements.