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Physics — Circuit: peak detector

A diode charges a capacitor to the input's peak voltage.

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Peak detector+−V1VinD1C11uR1100kG1

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title "Peak detector"
component V V1 Vin at (0,1) orient v
component D D1 at (2,0) orient h
component C C1 1u at (4,1) orient v
component R R1 100k at (6,1) orient v
component GND G1 at (4,3)
wire (0,0) (2,0)
wire (2,0) (4,0)
wire (4,0) (6,0)
wire (4,2) (4,3)
wire (6,2) (6,3)
wire (6,3) (4,3)
wire (0,2) (0,3)
wire (0,3) (4,3)