Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits: Theory and Applications

Welcome to the third edition of this text! The first edition was written circa 1990 and was published by West Publishing. The title was then purchased by Delmar/Thomson/Cengage some years later and a new edition was written around 2000 (although it was never tagged as a second edition). That version added a companion laboratory manual. In the early 2000s the text went from hard cover to soft cover, and in early 2016, Cengage decided to revert the copyright back to me, the original and singular author. Having already produced a number of OER (Open Educational Resource) titles including a microcontroller text using the Arduino platform and numerous laboratory manuals covering DC circuits, AC circuits, Python programming and discrete electronic devices, it was an obvious decision to go the same route with this book. This third edition includes new specialty ICs and rewrites of certain sections. If you need information on obsolete legacy ICs such as the NE565, ICL8038, etc., an OER second edition is available (and for you fans of analog computing, Chapter 10 remains). The OER lab manual to accompany this text has also been updated to the third edition. It features new exercises and expansions of the existing ones. If you have any questions regarding the text or lab manual, or are interested in contributing to the project, do not hesitate to contact me. Finally, please be aware that the most recent versions of all of my OER texts and manuals may be found at my MVCC web site as well as my mirror site: www.dissidents.com The original Preface follows, slightly modified.