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"Chapter 1 - The Op Amp's Place in the World" - HTL Wien 10

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you are look<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> wrong place. <strong>The</strong> op amp is treated as a completed component <strong>in</strong><br />

this book.<br />

<strong>The</strong> op amp will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to be a vital component of analog design because it is such a<br />

fundamental component. Each generation of electronics equipment <strong>in</strong>tegrates more<br />

functions on silicon and takes more of <strong>the</strong> analog circuitry <strong>in</strong>side <strong>the</strong> IC. Don’t fear, as digital<br />

applications <strong>in</strong>crease, analog applications also <strong>in</strong>crease because <strong>the</strong> predom<strong>in</strong>ant<br />

supply of data and <strong>in</strong>terface applications are <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> real world, and <strong>the</strong> real world is an analog<br />

world. Thus, each new generation of electronics equipment creates requirements for<br />

new analog circuits; hence, new generations of op amps are required to fulfill <strong>the</strong>se requirements.<br />

Analog design, and op amp design, is a fundamental skill that will be required<br />

far <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> future.<br />

References<br />

1 Black, H. S., Stabilized Feedback Amplifiers, BSTJ, Vol. 13, January 1934

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