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Past exam of the physics 2 paper of the University of Oxford 2016 7 b Solution by
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Interchange the input and feedback components: put the capacitor between the input and the inverting terminal, and the resistor between the output and the inverting terminal. Keep the non-inverting terminal grounded, as in the lower circuit above. For an ideal operational amplifier under unsaturated negative feedback, the inverting node remains at virtual ground.
The input capacitor current is . It flows through the feedback resistor, givingThis is an inverting op amp differentiator. Its ideal gain magnitude increases with frequency, so it strongly amplifies high-frequency noise. Practical differentiators include components that restrict the useful band and stabilize feedback; that qualification does not change the displayed ideal low-amplitude relation within the operating band.
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