Latest Amplifiers Technical Articles

Need a low-distortion ADC interface? In this article, we'll discuss how to reduce 2nd harmonic distortion by using…

Need a low-distortion ADC interface? In this article, we'll discuss how to reduce 2nd harmonic distortion by using symmetric PCB layout.

This article continues our discussion of design techniques that help us to improve the performance of transimpedance amplifiers.

This article continues our discussion of design techniques that help us to improve the performance of transimpedance amplifiers.

In this article, we’ll look at advantages of two types of photodiode implementation.

In this article, we’ll look at advantages of two types of photodiode implementation.

This article explains the theory and the construction of the circuit of a 10W practice guitar amplifier.

This article explains the theory and the construction of the circuit of a 10W practice guitar amplifier.

Learn all about graphene field-effect transistors or GFETs. We'll cover their construction, as well as the benefits and…

Learn all about graphene field-effect transistors or GFETs. We'll cover their construction, as well as the benefits and challenges of designing with them.

In this article, we’ll create an LTspice circuit for analyzing the effect of unpredictable offset voltage on the…

In this article, we’ll create an LTspice circuit for analyzing the effect of unpredictable offset voltage on the performance of a precision current-source circuit.

This article discusses a voltage-controlled current-source circuit that requires only two op-amps and a handful of resistors.

This article discusses a voltage-controlled current-source circuit that requires only two op-amps and a handful of resistors.

This article discusses VLSI (very-large-scale integration) circuits and the sources of non-idealities that affect MOS transistors.

This article discusses VLSI (very-large-scale integration) circuits and the sources of non-idealities that affect MOS transistors.

This article explores an interesting connection between an important statistical measure and one of the fundamental…

This article explores an interesting connection between an important statistical measure and one of the fundamental analytical tools of electrical engineering.

This article is a general guideline on the main aspects of commercially-available amplifiers.

This article is a general guideline on the main aspects of commercially-available amplifiers.

This article discusses the theory fundamentals of lock-in amplifiers.

This article discusses the theory fundamentals of lock-in amplifiers.

The concept of dynamic range appears frequently in engineering discussions. But what exactly does this term mean? And how…

The concept of dynamic range appears frequently in engineering discussions. But what exactly does this term mean? And how does it apply to electronic circuits and systems?

This article discusses charge-amplification techniques and explains the characteristics of the voltage waveform that…

This article discusses charge-amplification techniques and explains the characteristics of the voltage waveform that contains a CCD’s pixel data.

In this article, we’ll examine two important specifications of a digital oscilloscope: analog bandwidth and sampling rate.

In this article, we’ll examine two important specifications of a digital oscilloscope: analog bandwidth and sampling rate.

This article explores an important limitation that can cause a real-life op-amp to deviate from the behavior of its…

This article explores an important limitation that can cause a real-life op-amp to deviate from the behavior of its idealized counterpart.

This is the final part of a six-article series on composite amplifiers. In this last part, we'll show how to improve…

This is the final part of a six-article series on composite amplifiers. In this last part, we'll show how to improve phase accuracy.

In Part 5 of this series on composite amplifiers, we'll discuss how to achieve higher DC precision.

In Part 5 of this series on composite amplifiers, we'll discuss how to achieve higher DC precision.

Learn how to get faster composite op-amp dynamics by raising the slew rate.

Learn how to get faster composite op-amp dynamics by raising the slew rate.

This is Part 3 of the series of articles about composite amplifiers. In this section, we are going to show how to achieve…

This is Part 3 of the series of articles about composite amplifiers. In this section, we are going to show how to achieve faster op-amp dynamics by expanding the frequency bandwidth.