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RC Integration & Differentiation

Objective

RC circuits can integrate or differentiate a voltage waveform with respect to time. A square wave is integrated to get a triangular wave and differentiated to get spikes at the transitions.begin_inset Separator latexparend_inset

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Procedure

Discussion

Integration of a triangular waveform gives parabolic shape and differentiation gives a square shape. The differentiation can only be shown at lower frequency. Try these for other wave shapes, for example a squarewave. Integrating a square wave should give a triangular wave.

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