You should also note, John, that there are errors in the EDN
article.
The first picture shows the opamp in non-inverting configuration -
this is, of course positive feedback, and sure enough it will latch
to one of the rails.
Further down in the article, variations of the circuit are re-drawn
in the inverting configuration - this is the correct version.
It is a quirk of AC analyses that sometimes an unstable
configuration appears to be stable, when in fact it isn't. Always
check in the time domain!
I presume Bob got it right. He would never have made that mistake.
I'm surprised nobody else pointed that out.
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Regards,
Tony
On 11/05/2025 16:20, John Woodgate via
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I have uploaded the above as a .ZIP. According to
Bob Pease, the gain at the peak should be close to 34 dB,
independent of the tuned frequency. I don't get either of those
results using version 24.1.8. However, the bandwidth is fairly
constant with frequency, as predicted. I can't believe Bob Pease
reported the performance in error.