The operational amplifier is arguably the most useful single device in analog electronic circuitry. When you apply them in the circuits, you must know their basics and functions. As for the function ...
(Editor's Note: There are links to the previous parts of this series at the end, below the author's biography.) In the first article of this series, “Operational Amplifier–The Basic Building Block” ...
Bob Pease got an e-mail in 2006 from an engineer who was having trouble with an integrator circuit. Amplifiers are often called op amps because they were originally used as operational amplifiers.