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Triangle Wave Generator by Op Amp

This circuit uses a dual op-amp, two capacitors, and five resistors to generate a triangular waveform from a square wave input. The square wave drives an integrator which produces an output triangular wave of the same period. The peak-to-peak value of the triangular wave can be determined from an equation and depends on the period of the square wave input matching the time constant of the integrator.

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Triangle Wave Generator by Op Amp

This circuit uses a dual op-amp, two capacitors, and five resistors to generate a triangular waveform from a square wave input. The square wave drives an integrator which produces an output triangular wave of the same period. The peak-to-peak value of the triangular wave can be determined from an equation and depends on the period of the square wave input matching the time constant of the integrator.

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The op-amp triangular-wave generator is another example of a relaxation oscillator.

We know that the integrator output waveform will be triangular if the input to it is a square-wave. It means that a triangular-wave generator can be formed by simply cascading an integrator and a squarewave generator, as illustrated in figure. This circuit needs a dual op-amp, two capacitors, and at least five resistors. The rectangular-wave output of the square-wave generator drives the integrator which produces a triangular output waveform. The rectangular-wave swings between +Vsat and -Vsat with a time period determined from equation. The triangular-waveform has the same period and frequency as the square-waveform. Peak to-peak value of output triangularwaveform can be obtained from the following equation.

triangular wave generator The input of integrator A2 is a square wave and its output is a triangular waveform, the output of integrator will be triangular wave only when R4 C2 > T/ 2 where T is the ( period of square wave. As a general rule, R4C2 should be equal to T. It may also be necessary to shunt the capacitor C2 with resistance R5 = 10 R4 and connect an offset volt compensating network at the non-inverting (+) input terminal of op-amp A2 so as to obtain a stable triangular wave. Since the frequency of the triangular-wave generator like any other oscillator, is limited by the op-amp slew-rate, a high slew rate op-amp, like LM 301, should be used for the generation of relatively higher frequency waveforms.

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