Solution

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Let be the inverting-input potential. The non-inverting input is grounded, so the ideal operational amplifier rules give and no input current. Kirchhoff's current law at that node therefore gives
Integrating from an initial time ,
This op amp integrator performs inverted time integration; the initial voltage across the capacitor supplies the integration constant. For zero initial conditions its transfer function is . In sinusoidal steady state, with the convention ,
For example, a cosine input produces a negative sine output after its constant component is set. The additional inversion makes the phase modulo , rather than the of non-inverting integration.

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