Today’s system designer has many choices when selecting operational amplifiers (op amps). The three largest op-amp manufacturers collectively have over 1,600 products from which to choose, and that ...

Milpitas, C.A. —Linear Technology Corporation announces a new class of CMOS amplifiers with voltage noise comparable to bipolar amplifiers. Generally known for their low input bias current, CMOS ...

Variable Gain Amplifiers (VGAs) implemented in Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology have emerged as a critical component in modern analog and mixed-signal systems. These ...

Transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) implemented in CMOS technology remain critical components in a wide range of applications, from optical communication systems to sensing and instrumentation. These ...

A series CMOS amplifiers offers voltage noise that's similar to bipolar amplifiers. Generally known for their low input bias current, CMOS amps are inherently noisier than bipolar designs. The LTC6241 ...

Linear Technology has created a class of CMOS op-amps with bipolar amplifier-like noise performance. “With noise of 550nVp-p in the 0.1Hz to 10Hz region, these amplifiers offer a three-fold reduction ...

Linear Technology’s new family of CMOS amplifiers delivers DC precision at low supply current. The company says that the LTC6078 dual and LTC6079 quad op amps offer a breakthrough combination of ...

Op Amps Continue To Flourish SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST monolithic bipolar operational amplifier (op amp) in the mid-sixties by Fairchild Semiconductor (www.fairchildsemi.com), the technology ...

Nujira has been demonstrating how its envelope-tracking (ET) technology could make it practical to use CMOS power amplifiers (PAs) in the RF circuits of 4G smartphones. According to Jeremy Hendy, v-p ...

This diagram shows the standard layout of transistors in cell phone power amplifiers, at left, and a new highly efficient amplifier design, at right. The new design could help make possible ...

A new highly efficient power amplifier for electronics could help make possible next-generation cell phones, low-cost collision-avoidance radar for cars and lightweight microsatellites for ...