Uses
The differentiator circuit is essentially a high pass filter. It can generate a square wave from a triangle wave input, and will produce alternating-direction voltage spikes when a square wave is applied. In ideal cases, a differentiator will reverse the effects of an integrator on a waveform, and vice versa. Differentiators are an important part of electronic analogue computers and analogue PID controllers.
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