For hams who build their own radios, mastering the black art of radio frequency electronics is a necessary first step to getting on the air. But if voice transmissions are a goal, some level of ...

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM), a subsidiary of Asahi Kasei, has unveiled the AK491x series of premium audio operational amplifiers (op amps). These new devices mark a significant expansion of AKM’s ...

National Semiconductor won the Product of the Year Award for its LM4562 dual audio op amp. We recently communicated with lead designer Matsuro Koterasawa and asked him about the development of the ...

Dallas—Extending its Burr-Brown Audio line, Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) launched a family of JFET-input op amps featuring ultra-low noise and distortion to maximize audio system quality and ...

The operational amplifier, or op amp, is one of the most basic building blocks used in analog circuits. Ever since single-chip op amps were introduced in the 1960s, thousands of different types have ...

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) has unveiled the AK491x series of premium audio op amps, marking a significant expansion of AKM’s analogue audio portfolio. AKM extends its VELVET SOUND philosophy ...

Different classes of amplifiers. What are the benefits of class AB amplifiers? Patents that address the quiescent current of class AB amps. Amplifiers have many classifications, and each class has its ...

The very basics of operational amplifiers. Learn comparator, inverting, and non-inverting op-amp configurations. An operational amplifier, or op amp, is a dc-coupled high-gain electronic voltage ...