Operational Amplifiers: Non-idealities & Applications

This lecture covers Chapter 6 on Operational Amplifiers, focusing on non-idealities such as finite gain-bandwidth product, common-mode rejection ratio, and power supply rejection ratio. It discusses the impact of these non-idealities on amplifier performance, including voltage followers, slew rate, settling time, and common-mode rejection. The lecture also delves into instrumentation amplifiers, their high input impedance, and applications in accurately amplifying low-level signals. Furthermore, it explores operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) and their role as voltage-controlled current sources. Various amplifier circuits, including integrators, filters, and current amplifiers, are presented with practical examples and design considerations.