December 2004
Intermediate to advanced
896 pages
27h 47m
English
This chapter of the book discusses several popular types of specialty amplifiers, or amplifiers that are based in some way on op amp techniques. However, in an overall applications sense, they are not generally used as universally as op amps. Examples of specialty amplifiers include instrumentation amplifiers of various configurations, programmable gain amplifiers (PGAs), isolation amplifiers, and difference amplifiers.
Other types of amplifiers, for example such types as audio and video amplifiers, cable drivers, high-speed variable gain amplifiers (VGAs), and various communications-related amplifiers might also be viewed as specialty amplifiers. However, these ...
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