In an Op Amp integrator circuit, what is done to, limit the gain at ‘Low Frequencies’?

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  1. A large resistor is connected in series with the input.
  2. A large resistor is connected across the feedback capacitor.
  3. A small capacitor is connected in series with the input.
  4. A large capacitor is connected across the output.

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Option 2 : A large resistor is connected across the feedback capacitor.
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An ideal Integrator circuit is shown below:

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It is clear from the circuit diagram of the integrator, the feedback element is a Capacitor.

Note:

  • At high frequencies, the capacitor is a short circuit so the output is 0.
  • At zero frequency (0 Hz) or DC, the capacitor acts like an open circuit due to its reactance (1/ωC) thus blocking any output voltage feedback. 
  • As a result, very little negative feedback is provided from the output back to the input of the amplifier at low frequencies. 
  • Therefore with just capacitor C, in the feedback path, at zero frequency the op-amp is connected like a normal open-loop amplifier with very high open-loop gain (open-loop gain of the op-amp is ideally infinite).
  • This high gain can cause op-amp to be unstable and possible voltage rail saturation. 

To avoid undesirable conditions due to high gain. The circuit connects a high-value resistance in parallel with a continuously charging and discharging capacitor C.  The addition of this feedback resistor, R2 across the capacitor, C gives the circuit the characteristics of an inverting amplifier with finite closed-loop voltage gain given by \(\frac{R_2}{R_1}\)

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Therefore, at very low frequencies, the op-amp acts like an inverting amplifier and at very high frequencies the feedback resistor also acts like a short circuit (∵ the impedance of the capacitor is 0) and thus producing output = 0. 

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