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Figure 11. Capacitive Load Drive with the Snubber

Snubber Network

Another way to stabilize an op amp driving a capacitive

load is with the use of a snubber, as shown in Figure

9. This method presents the significant advantage of

not reducing the output swing because there is not

any isolation resistor in the signal path. Also, the use

of the snubber does not degrade the gain accuracy or

cause extra distortion when driving a nonlinear load.

experimentally.

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