Heavy load capacitance can cause the output of a unity-gain follower—an operational amplifier with direct feedback to the inverting input (Fig 1)—to ring and oscillate. The LM110 follower, for example ...

A common problem that engineers are faced with is the need to determine the closed-loop bandwidth of their operational amplifier (op amp) circuit. Some data sheets specify unity-gain bandwidth while ...

This time I’ve opened up the way-back machine and unearthed a piece I first published nearly 20 years ago, when I was at the Burr-Brown Corporation. Op-amp compensation is still a topic that surfaces ...

Many amplifiers exhibit an increase in voltage noise spectral density (NSD) as they approach the unity-gain crossover frequency. This noise peaking can cause your circuits to have 39% higher noise ...