Question

A capacitor placed across terminals of these devices induces pole splitting and can be split into two capacitors to ground in the Miller effect. The ubiquitous “741” type of one of these devices uses internal frequency compensation to avoid instability while using series-shunt feedback. The common-mode rejection ratio quantifies how well these devices perform with differential input. They’re not diodes, but these devices are represented by a triangle on a circuit diagram. Infinite (-5[1])input (-5[1])impedance (10[1])and zero input voltage between the non-inverting and inverting terminal are rules used to solve circuits with the “operational” or “op” (10[1])type of these devices with very high (10[1])open-loop gain. (10[1])For 10 points, name these devices that increase the strength of a signal, such as one coming from an electric (10[1])guitar. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: amplifiers [or amps; accept op amps or operational amplifiers; prompt on transistors by asking “what kind of device is that acting as?”]
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Hayden Webb (D2)ArkansasTexas D72-5
Mitchell Hackett (D2)Central OklahomaMcGill E73-5
Parker Knudson (D2)Texas CColorado College7410
Wyatt Curry (D2)MissouriVassar A9510
Hrishit ChaudhuriNYU BOregon State10210
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Alejandro Prieto Mendoza (D2)Texas DArkansas12610
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