RC OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS - THE DIFFERENTIATOR
IDEAL OP-AMP ASSUMPTIONS
KVL
DIFFERENTIATE
IF R1 COULD BE SET TO ZERO WE WOULD HAVE
AN IDEAL DIFFERENTIATOR.
IN PRACTICE AN IDEAL DIFFERENTIATOR AMPLIFIES
ELECTRIC NOISE AND DOES NOT OPERATE.
THE RESISTOR INTRODUCES A FILTERING
ACTION. ITS VALUE IS KEPT AS SMALL AS
POSSIBLE TO APPROXIMATE A DIFFERENTIATOR