Basic Op-Amp circuit, Op-Amp parameters – Input and output voltage, CMRR and PSRR, offset voltages and currents, Input and output impedances, Slew rate and Frequency limitations; Op-Amps as DC Amplifiers- Biasing Op-Amps, Direct coupled -Voltage Followers, Non-inverting Amplifiers, Inverting amplifiers, Summing amplifiers, Difference amplifier. (Text 1: Chapter 1 – 1.2, Chapter 2 – 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, and Chapter 3 – 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6)
Capacitor coupled Voltage Follower, High input impedance - Capacitor coupled Voltage Follower, Capacitor coupled Non-inverting Amplifiers, High input impedance - Capacitor coupled Non-inverting Amplifiers, Capacitor coupled Inverting amplifiers, setting the upper cut-off frequency, Capacitor coupled Difference amplifier, Use of a single polarity power supply. (Text 1: Chapter 4)
Circuit stability, Frequency and phase response, Frequency compensating methods, Band width, Slew rate effects, Zin Mod compensation, and circuit stability precautions. (Text 1: Chapter 5 – 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6, 5.9, 5.10)
Voltage sources, current sources and current sinks, Current amplifiers, instrumentation amplifier, precision rectifiers, Limiting circuits, (Text 1: Chapter 6 – 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.8, and Chapter 7 – 7.1, 7.2, 7.3)
Clamping circuits, Peak detectors, sample and hold circuits, V to I and I to V converters, Log and antilog amplifiers, Multiplier and divider, Triangular / rectangular wave generators, Wave form generator design, phase shift oscillator, Wein bridge oscillator. (Text 1: Chapter 7 – 7.4, 7.5, 7.6; Chapters 10 -10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5; Text 2: Sections 4.5, 4.8 and 4.9)
crossing detectors, inverting Schmitt trigger circuits, Monostable & Astable multivibrator, Active Filters –First and second order Low pass & High pass filters. (Text 1: Chapter 9 – 9.2, 9.3, 9.5, 9.6; Chapter 11 – 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5)
Introduction, Series Op-Amp regulator, IC Voltage regulators, 723 general purpose regulator, Switching regulator. (Text 2: Chapter 6)
Other Linear IC applications: 555 timer - Basic timer circuit, 555 timer used as astable and monostable multivibrator, Schmitt trigger; PLL-operating principles, Phase detector / comparator, VCO; D/A and A/ D converters – Basic DAC Techniques, AD converters(Text 2: Chapter 8 – 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5; Chapter 9 – 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4; Chapter 10 – 10. 1, 10.2, 10.3 ; Except 8.3.1, 8.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.4)