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December 05, 2005 10:46 AM US Pacific Timezone

Texas Instruments and Avnet Electronics Marketing Present Analog eLab Webcast; Free Session to Focus on High-Speed Operational Amplifiers

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2005--Analog design engineers are invited to register at www.ti.com/analogelab for a live Analog eLab Webcast titled "Voltage Feedback and Current Feedback Op Amps in High-Speed Applications: Pros, Cons and Design Tricks." Presented by Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) (NYSE:TXN) and Avnet Electronics Marketing, a division of Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), the webcast will air at 11 a.m. CDT (18.00 hrs CET) on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005. TI analog expert Bill Klein, P.E., and guest engineers Michael Steffes and Xavier Ramus of TI and Sarah St. John of Avnet, will provide designers with an online discussion on high-speed op amps for high-frequency designs.

High-speed operational amplifiers fall into two classes based on their internal design: the current feedback and the more common voltage feedback. During the hour-long session, design engineers will hear about the basic differences in the design topology of these op amps and the importance it plays with the external application circuit. The eLab engineers will discuss various applications and offer advice on which device is particularly suited for specific designs.

During the lab segment, Klein, Steffes and Ramus will demonstrate how to use lab equipment similar to that used in characterizing op amps and will show how this relates to several key performance characteristics. The engineers will also share some interesting design tricks. In addition, the lab session will cover pulse response, slew rate and distortion measurement as well as full power bandwidth and bandwidth control.

Analog eLab Design Engineers

Klein is the host for the TI Analog eLab Webcast. Klein is a senior applications engineer with the high-performance linear division of TI. He joined TI through its acquisition of Burr-Brown in August 2000. Klein is the author of more than 50 magazine articles, application notes and conference papers. His experience as an analog circuit designer covers 30 years in fields ranging from mineral exploration to medical nuclear imaging.

Steffes is a market development engineer for the high-speed signal conditioning division of TI in Tucson and is a distinguished member of technical staff. He has 24 years of experience with high-speed amplifier design, applications and marketing and has written 85 product data sheets, published numerous contributed articles and applications notes, and presented nearly a dozen conference papers. Steffes also shares several basic patents in high-speed op amp design.

Ramus is an applications engineer in TI's high-speed signal conditioning group. With nearly 10 years of experience, Ramus works with new product introductions, provides support for customer designs and develops presentation material for training in high-performance analog. His particular area of interest is the interfacing of high-speed amplifiers to high-speed data converters. Ramus earned an MSEE from San Jose State University.

St. John is a senior applications engineer with Avnet Inc. and has worked at the Boston office for 14 years. Her experience includes hardware, software and RF design. In addition, she has authored various application notes, technical training courses and a Power Supply Design Guide for Xilinx FPGAs. St. John holds a BSEE with a digital design minor from Northeastern University.

To view previously broadcast Analog eLab Webcasts, visit www.ti.com/analogelab. In addition to the webcasts, TI offers analog engineers a wide-ranging support infrastructure that includes training and seminars, design tools and utilities, technical documentation, evaluation modules, an online knowledge base, a product information hotline and a comprehensive offering of samples that ship within 24 hours of request. TI keeps the engineer in mind throughout the design process by providing tools, systems expertise and technical support to help customers get to market quickly. For more information on TI's complete analog design support, see www.ti.com/analog.

Texas Instruments Inc. provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real-world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries.

Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at www.ti.com.

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc., a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 68 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's Web site is located at http://www.em.avnet.com.

Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For the fiscal year ended, July 2, 2005, Avnet and the recently acquired Memec (closed July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in 70 countries. Visit www.avnet.com.

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