Good side of R-C circuit integrator that has no voltage offset to be integr ated, like it is the case with op-amp integrator. Bad side is that series R
-C circuit integrator is not so good integrator as one with the op-amp, but with higher frequency and higher resistance, R-C circuit integrator is clo ser to perfect integrator. However, there is new tutorial
and online simulation
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That circuit is not an integrator, even though capacitors integrate current to voltage in both.
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Grin, one man's integrator is another's low pass filter. (But we've been down this path before.) I've certainly called the converse R/C both a high pass and a differentiator. (sp)
George H.
I should imagine that the habitues of this newsgroup are familiar with this piece of elementary circuit theory.
If you like calculus, an explanation of the behavior of the current in an inductor, subjected to a sinusoidal voltage, switched on at the zero crossing, might be of greater interest. If you care to explain that...
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