[sdiy] IN your mind, what is ....

[Michael E. Caloroso]

jhaible wrote:
>>Also "LM3900 is NOT an opamp" and "has no precision"
> 
> 
> Quoting the LM3900 designer once more:
> "Because application design approaches are very different
> from those used with standard opamps, the LM3900 is usually
> not called an opamp to avoid confusion with standard
> opamps."

Indeed.  Technically the LM3900 is a Norton opamp.

But hey, the Philbrick "brick opamp" of the 1960s didn't have much gain 
above 100 either!  If you have "Analog Circuit Design" by Jim Williams 
there is a great story on the Philbrick opamp.

MC