Solution

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Write , with constant unwanted offset . Add an adjustable reference voltage through another resistor to the first inverting summing junction, as the dashed branch in the circuit figure shows. Kirchhoff's current law now gives
Choose the reference polarity and magnitude so that
A potentiometer between positive and negative reference supplies permits either sign. The first stage then has zero output voltage when , and the op amp integrator integrates only :
Merely placing a large resistor across the integrating capacitor limits drift but also changes the transfer function; cancellation at the summing junction preserves ideal integration of the desired signal.

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