My hands-on introduction to operational amplifiers was in 1969 while in the army as a junior scientist in the Atmospheric Science Laboratory at the White Sands Proving Grounds. We had taken a ...

Selecting an op amp can be a daunting task, especially because a simple google search won’t get the job done. Most likely, you have designed your circuit using an ideal model and now you need to find ...

Are op amps all the same? Why are some better than others at certain tasks? How are some op amps better than others? Below, we review some of the most popular types of op amps, then take a close-in ...