| Op Amp Applications Handbook is another book on the operational amplifi er, or op amp. As the name implies, it covers the application of op amps, but does so on a broader scope. Thus it would be incorrect to assume that this book is simply a large collection of app notes on various devices, as it is far more than that. Any IC manufacturer in existence since the 1960s has ample application data on which to draw. In this case, however, Analog Devices, Inc. has had the benefi t of applications material with a history that goes back beyond early IC developments to the preceding period of solid-state amplifi ers in modular form, with links to the even earlier era of vacuum tube op amps and analog computers, where the operational amplifi er began.
This book brings some new perspectives to op amp applications. It adds insight into op amp origins and historical developments not available elsewhere. Within its major chapters it also offers fundamental discussions of basic op amp operation; the roles of various device types (including both op amps and other specialty amplifi ers, such as instrumentation amplifi ers); the procedures for optimal interfacing to other system components such as ADCs and DACs, signal conditioning and fi ltering in data processing systems, and a wide variety of signal amplifi ers. The book concludes with practical discussions of various hardware issues, such as passive component selection, printed circuit design, modeling and breadboarding, etc. In short, while this book does indeed cover op amp applications, it also covers a host of closely related design topics, making it a formidable toolkit for the analog designer. |