What is Gain-bandwidth product (GBW)?

The product of an op-amp's gain and bandwidth, which stays roughly constant. With a GBW of 1 MHz, for example, a gain-of-10 circuit has a bandwidth of about 100 kHz.

Field: Analog and electronic circuits

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  1. An op-amp with a gain-bandwidth product (GBW) of 1 MHz is used to build a non-inverting amplifier with a gain of 10. What is the approximate bandwidth?
  2. What does the slew rate of an op-amp mean?

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