Op Amp Applications Handbook Walt Jung, Editor

Signal Amplifi ers; Audio Amplifi ers:
Portions of this section were adapted from Walt Jung, “Audio Preamplifi ers, Line Drivers, and Line
Receivers,” Chapter 8 of Walt Kester, System Application Guide, Analog Devices, Inc., 1993, ISBN 0-
916550-13-3, pp. 8-1 to 8-100.
During the preparation of this material the author received helpful comments and other inputs from Per
Lundahl of Lundahl Transformers, and from Arne Offenberg of Norway.
Signal Amplifi ers; Amplifi er Ideas:
Helpful comments were received from Victor Koren and Moshe Gerstenhaber.
Signal Amplifi ers, Composite Amplifi ers:
Helpful comments were received from Erno Borbely, Steve Bench, and Gary Longrie.
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Preface
Hardware and Housekeeping Techniques; Passive Components and PCB Design Issues:
Portions of these sections were adapted from Doug Grant and Scott Wurcer, “Avoiding Passive Component
Pitfalls,” originally published in Analog Dialogue 17-2, 1983.
Hardware and Housekeeping Techniques; EMI/RFI Considerations:
Eric Bogatin made helpful comments on this section.
The above acknowledgments document helpful inputs received for the Analog Devices 2002 Amplifi er
Seminar edition of Op Amp Applications. In addition, Scott Wayne and Claire Shaw aided in preparation
of the manuscript for this Newnes edition.
While reasonable efforts have been made to make this work error-free, some inaccuracies may have
escaped detection. The editors accept responsibility for error correction within future editions, and will appreciate
errata notifi cation(s).
Walt Jung, Editor
Op Amp Applications Handbook
May 14, 2004