UNIT 2 A: The Operational Amplifier One problem with electronic devices corresponding to the generalized amplifiers is that the gains, Au or A~, depend upon internal properties of the two-port system (p, fl, R~, Ro, etc
~ This makes design difficult since these parameters usually vary from device to device, as well as with temperature
The operational amplifier, or Op-Amp, is designed to minimize this dependence and to maximize the ease of design
An Op-Amp is an integrated circuit that has many component part such as resistors and transistors built into the device
At this point we will make no attempt to describe these inner workings
A totally general analysis of the Op-Amp is beyond the scope of some texts
We will instead study one example in detail, then present the two Op-Amp laws