Operational Amplifier Applications Unit 2 – Integration and Differentiation
UNIT 2 – INTEGRATION AND DIFFERENTIATION
UNIT OBJECTIVE
At the completion of this unit, you will be able to determine the effects of an active integrator
and differentiator circuit on an input waveform. You will verify your results with an
oscilloscope.
UNIT FUNDAMENTALS
Integratorsand differentiatorsare signal conditioning circuits that change the shape of an input
waveform.
The modified output signals can then be used to perform different functions.
The output of an integrator is a voltage equal to the area under the input waveform over a
specified period of time.
This passive integrator network is called "passive" because it does not include any active
component that is capable of amplification, such as a transistor or an op amp.