µA709

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The µA709 is an early monolithic operational amplifier integrated circuit that became widely used in analog electronics and helped establish the commercial op-amp market.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf analog integrated circuit
monolithic integrated circuit
operational amplifier integrated circuit
voltage-feedback operational amplifier
alsoManufacturedBy other second-source semiconductor vendors
applicationDomain analog electronics
category linear IC
configuration internally compensated with external components
designer Bob Widlar
hasArchitecture bipolar differential input stage
output stage
voltage gain stage
hasPin compensation pins
inverting input
negative supply
non-inverting input
output
positive supply
hasSuccessor µA741
historicalSignificance early standard op-amp building block in analog design
influenced later general-purpose op-amp designs
introducedBy Fairchild Semiconductor
introducedInDecade 1960s
manufacturer Fairchild Semiconductor
marketImpact popularized integrated operational amplifiers
marketPosition general-purpose op-amp of its era
notableFor being one of the first widely used monolithic op-amps
helping establish the commercial operational amplifier market
packageType 8-pin DIP
requires dual power supply
external frequency compensation components
stability requires careful external compensation for stability
supplyVoltageType dual-rail
supplyVoltageTypical ±15 V
technology bipolar junction transistor
usedFor active filters
closed-loop amplification
comparators (with limitations)
usedIn analog signal conditioning circuits
audio and low-frequency amplifiers
control systems
instrumentation circuits

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