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hobbies and interests radio controlWhat is RC integrator and differentiator?
Similarly one may ask, what is integrator and differentiator?
A differentiator circuit produces a constantoutput voltage for a steadily changing input voltage. Anintegrator circuit produces a steadily changing outputvoltage for a constant input voltage.
Subsequently, one may also ask, how does an RC integrator work?
RC Integrator. For a passive RC integratorcircuit, the input is connected to a resistance while theoutput voltage is taken from across a capacitor being theexact opposite to the RC Differentiator Circuit. Thecapacitor charges up when the input is high and dischargeswhen the input is low.
In an integrating circuit, the output isthe integration of the input voltage with respect to time. Apassive integrator is a circuit which does not useany active devices like op-amps or transistors. An integratorcircuit which consists of active devices is called an Activeintegrator.