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Due to the manufacturing process of op-amps, the differential input transistors may not have exactly the same values, meaning they are not exactly matched. This means that voltage would have to be placed on the non-inverting terminal, with the non-inverting terminal grounded, in order to produce a zero output. The voltage required at the non-inverting terminal in called the input offset voltage.

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