What purpose unity gain buffer amplifiers serve

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Unity gain buffer amplifiers, also known as voltage followers, serve the primary purpose of buffering signals between different circuit components to prevent interaction. They possess high input resistance and low output resistance, making them ideal for connecting two low-pass filters of the same corner frequency. By cascading these filters through a unity gain buffer, signal integrity is maintained, and feedback can be effectively managed. Diagrams illustrating this configuration typically show the buffer between the filters, with feedback taken from the output of the buffer.

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Can anyone tell me what purpose unity gain buffer amplifiers serve and why do you connect 2 low pass filters of same corner frequency by cascading them using one of these op amp buffers and not directly together. Also can you show me the diagram of this and where the feedbacks taken from. I am totally confused. Any help would be much appreciated
 
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Unity gain amplifers or voltage followers are used to buffer. i.e. they can be used to interconnect two parts of a circuit to keep the parts from interacting with each other.

They have a high input resistance and a low output resistance.

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