Uploaded October 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Every design has a beginning and an end. The beginning is pretty easy to define; the end can be production or a scrap piece. The function of an analog circuit can take various alternative paths from the beginning to the end. Analog circuits are different. The path you take affects the end result. Analog involves real world parameters, real world signals and real world measurements. The signal path from beginning to end operates on the input whether for amplification, detection, conversion, or any other function. The way we achieve that operation is important. Since it is the circuitry that operates on an analog signal, the circuitry leaves its stamp on the output signal.
In this video, Linear Technology CTO and Co-founder Bob Dobkin examines some of the challenges in analog circuit design and tools that can be helpful in the process. The book, Analog Circuit Design, Volume 3, Design Note Collection is the first effort to bring Linear Technology’s Design Notes into one volume. Design Notes were first published over 25 years ago, and after producing more than 500 notes, the genre is still going strong.
The teaching designs in this Design Note Collection help bring new designers up to speed and give experienced designers a starting point for even more sophisticated designs. This book has two purposes: to speed designs by presenting finished examples, as well as providing a teaching resource for designers. We hope this contributes in some way to future elegant analog circuit designs.
Every design has a beginning and an end. The beginning is pretty easy to define; the end can be production or a scrap piece. The function of an analog circuit can take various alternative paths from the beginning to the end. Analog circuits are different. The path you take affects the end result. Analog involves real world parameters, real world signals and real world measurements. The signal path from beginning to end operates on the input whether for amplification, detection, conversion, or any other function. The way we achieve that operation is important. Since it is the circuitry that operates on an analog signal, the circuitry leaves its stamp on the output signal.
In this video, Linear Technology CTO and Co-founder Bob Dobkin examines some of the challenges in analog circuit design and tools that can be helpful in the process. The book, Analog Circuit Design, Volume 3, Design Note Collection is the first effort to bring Linear Technology’s Design Notes into one volume. Design Notes were first published over 25 years ago, and after producing more than 500 notes, the genre is still going strong.
The teaching designs in this Design Note Collection help bring new designers up to speed and give experienced designers a starting point for even more sophisticated designs. This book has two purposes: to speed designs by presenting finished examples, as well as providing a teaching resource for designers. We hope this contributes in some way to future elegant analog circuit designs.
