Capacitor Permits Higher Slew Rates

The slew rate for an integrator circuit is limited by amplifier phase-compensation requirements. Adding a capacitor keeps the integrator's feedback factor below unity, so higher-slew-rate op amps can be used.
March 28, 1991

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