Quad general-purpose op-amp in the legacy 14-DIP footprint
The MC3403N is a quad general-purpose operational amplifier from Texas Instruments, packaged in a 14-lead DIP (0.300" body) for through-hole assembly.
Rated for 5 V minimum to 30 V maximum supply span, this part covers the common industrial and instrumentation rails. The 2.8 mA total quiescent current (all four channels) keeps the power budget modest in multi-channel boards.
Input offset and bias — DC precision for non-critical paths
Typical input offset voltage is 2 mV, and input bias current is 200 nA. These figures place the MC3403N in the workhorse category — fine for summing amplifiers, active filters with moderate gain, and comparator duties where a few millivolts of offset are acceptable. For precision instrumentation or microvolt-level sensing, a lower-offset part (e.g., OPAx series) would be a better fit.
