Reverse engineering old chips Ken Shirriff
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Here are the main components. The differential<br />
amplifier finds the difference of the inputs. The gain<br />
stage amplifies this. The output stage has big<br />
capacitors to drive the output.<br />
Another feature that made the 741 popular is shortcircuit<br />
protection. If you short the output, these<br />
transistors shut down the chip before it burns up.