I recently saw this video from eevblog "EEVBlog 1436 - The TOP 5 Jellybean OPAMP's". I am an FPGA/ASIC design and verification person and not analogue design engineer. But of course, FPGAs and ASICs could be interfacing with analogue electronics too so I am still interested to learn more about this.
In this video Guru Dave talked about and recommended these parts for different applications:
LM358 "Industry-Standard Dual Operational Amplifiers"
TL071/72/74 "TL07xx Low-Noise FET-Input Operational Amplifiers"
LMV358 "LMV3xx Low-Voltage Rail-to-Rail Output Operational Amplifier"
LM324 "LMx24, LMx24x, LMx24xx, LM2902, LM2902x, LM2902xx, LM2902xxx Quadruple Operational Amplifiers"
RC4558 "RC4558 Dual General-Purpose Operational Amplifier"
NE5532 "NE5532x, SA5532x Dual Low-Noise Operational Amplifiers"
OP07 "OP07x Precision Operational Amplifiers"
I have a few questions about this topic.
1. Since such robust parts exist that have passed the test the time and are still relevant, what is special about the latest in op-amp technology that these are not able to match?
2. What could be a few examples of non-jelly bean op-amps that are used a lot?
From my limited understanding, I believe that non-jelly bean op-amp would be aimed at specific applications which could be related to Space or perhaps Power electronics. It could be related to high reliability applications like Medical for example. Is this correct?