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Diodes exhibit capacitance that varies with respect to their DC bias. I know this is used in GHz RF applications.

Using opamps to create virtual reactive components (capacitors, or inductors) that would otherwise be impractical to build directly (too high of value) is an interesting trick.



> Diodes exhibit capacitance that varies with respect to their DC bias. I know this is used in GHz RF applications.

Oops, I meant to say varactor, not varicap. And this is used for VHF and up as well.

The GIC-based filters are used a lot for high-Q parametric filters often in audio or general scientific stuff.




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