A Grounded Capacitor Differentiator Using Current Feedback Amplifier

Jiun-Wei Horng, Guang-Ting Huang

Department of Electronic Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan.

DOI: 10.4236/cs.2013.42031                

Abstract

A new non-inverting RC active differentiator network base on a current feedback amplifier and using a grounded capacitor is described. Small time constant can be achieved by adjusting a single grounded resistor. Because the output impedance of the CFA is very low, the output terminal of the proposed circuit can be directly connected to the next stage. Experimental results that confirm theoretical analysis are presented.

Keywords

Active Differentiator; Current-Feedback Amplifier; Current Conveyor; Analog Signal Processing

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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