Operational AmplifiersOPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS SECOND EDITION ARPAD BARNA University of California Santa Cruz and DAN I. PORAT Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Stanford UniversityPreface ‘This second edition has been extensively revised to reflect new developments during the 17 years that have elapsed since the publication of the first edition. ‘These include the substantial technological advances that took place, especially in operational amplifiers with high gain, low input currents and offset voltages, and high speed. The entire text has been thoroughly revised, and the chapters fon stability, frequency response, and transient response were consider- ably expanded and completely rewritten to reflect the vast changes during the last decade. ‘Chapters 7 and 8 have been most significantly impacted. Chapter 7 describes, stability criteria and phase margins of feedback amplifies using operational amplifiers with up to 4 corner frequencies. Frequency-independent feedback, lag compensation, lead-lag compensation, and lag-lead compensation are treated. Conditional stability is discussed, as well as limitations characteristic of inverting feedback amplifiers. ‘Chapter 8 provides a detailed description of frequency response and transient response of feedback amplifiers using operational amplifiers with up to 3 corner frequencies. Frequency-independent feedback, lag compensation, lead-lag com- pensation with and without pole-7ero cancellation, and lag-lead compensation are treated, including design graphs based on the solution of the third-order and fourth-order equations that arise, The results are applied to the latest wideband monolithic and hybrid operational amplifiers in worked examples and in problems, ‘Two new chapters were also added on applications and on internal structure: Chapter 11 describes amplifiers with current source inputs, as well as adders, integrators, diferentiators, and nonlinear circuits; Chapter 12 discusses input stages, current mirrors, and output stages in operational amplifiers. ‘The book now has 12 chapters, 132 worked examples, 319 problems, 102 figures, and 3 appendixes, Answers to selected problems are also given. ‘We would like (o take this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of Wiley Editor George J. Telecki and his associates in making this second edition a reality [ARPAD BARNA Dan I Porat Stanford, Calyorma September 1988