IC Op-Amp Cookbook (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

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Review

An industry classic! This book covers basic OP-AMP theory in excellent detail. This edition includes: Over 200 practical circuit applications. An appendix containing manufacturers' data sheets. Material on instrumentation amps. -- H.W. Sams --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Description

An industry classic! This book covers basic OP-AMP theory in excellent detail. This edition includes: --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 433 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 3 edition (January 12, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0138896011
• ISBN-13: 978-0138896010
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #303,183 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, LOUSEY printing, January 15, 2005

By	Redmond Geek - See all my reviews

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I'm holding in my hand a copy of the third edition of Mr. Jung's book, the "IC Op-Amp Cookbook." It just arrived from Amazon.

As an earlier reviewer has pointed out, the printing quality is very poor, particularly in the diagrams. Characters printed in smaller font sizes have a tendency to fill in with ink, so that digits like "8" or letters like "d" tend to be nothing but little blobs. ("Vcc" tends to look like "V**".) The manufacturers' datasheets in the back of the book are nearly unreadable. ("1*00 -- is that number 1500, 1600, 1900 ?") Even in parts of the book printed in larger type, the effect of the edge-bleed is to make reading a painful experience.

So, I am returning the book to Amazon. Based on Mr. Lopez's comments this is clearly not an isolated case of a bad print run. I don't believe (as Mr. Jung implies) that the Lopez review is based on some kind of illegal photocopy.

I've owned both of the previous editions of Mr. Jung's fine book on op amps, and I've very disappointed in what the publisher has done to the third edition. Prentice Hall, shame on you.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Valuable reference for amateur and professional, November 4, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Ic Op-Amp Cookbook (Paperback)

Excellect description of op amps and application circuits. Gets detailed enough to keep you out of trouble, but not so detailed that you can't follow what's going on. The books main weakness is that it does not cover active filter design.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a bad printing..., August 13, 2005

By	George Wang - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I want to confirm what others have said about the 3rd edition. The print is not great. I should be clear that so far, I haven't seen anything that was so bad that couldn't eventually make out the text (in context), but I shouldn't have to squint and stare.
Yes, this copy is brand new direct from Amazon.
If the good Walter Jung comes back here, I want to recommend that he not use the small bold print, which is the worst. ex: pg.12 "Summary of Summing-Inverter Characteristics" is pretty much a squiggly black blob. Fig 1.9 has unreadable bold text, etc. Finally, the spec sheets are useful I'm sure, but not if they're not readable.
I hope Jung chews out Prentice hall for this mess, and that the 4th edition is better.