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Integrator and Differentiator

Put a capacitor in the feedback path to integrate, or at the input to differentiate.

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Integrator (capacitor in feedback):

Vout=−1RC∫Vin dtV_{out} = -\frac{1}{RC}\int V_{in}\,dt

A square wave in gives a triangle wave out. Practical integrators add a large resistor across CC to stop the output drifting to the rail because of input offset.

Differentiator (capacitor at input):

Vout=−RCdVindtV_{out} = -RC\frac{dV_{in}}{dt}

Differentiators amplify high-frequency noise, so a small series resistor and feedback capacitor are added to limit the bandwidth.

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