Nonlinear Circuit Analysis via Perturbation Methods and Hardware Prototyping

Figure 9

Source Follower Amplifier Acting as a Simple Peak Detector. (a) Circuit that was compiled onto the FPAA. (b) Measured step responses. (c) Vector field derived from step response measurements. The point $(\mathrm{0,0.7})$ is a stable fixed point.

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