Gain and bandwidth
What Gain and bandwidth means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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For a given device, the product of voltage gain and bandwidth is approximately constant.
The product of gain and bandwidth is roughly constant.
Topics that use Gain and bandwidth
- Real operational amplifiers (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Bandwidth
- Frequency response
- Gain-bandwidth product
- Operational amplifier design trade-offs
- Practical measurement and graphing
- Quantitative prediction
- Saturation
- Frequency response curve
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