This circuit consists of a single transistor as amplifier and it gives a nice amplification to weakest and unipolar signals for feeding to a real amplifier. The center of this circuit is a BC547 OR ...
In Seemingly Simple Circuits: Transresistance Amplifier, Part 1– Approximating Op-Amps, the op-amp was approximated from a single-pole, finite gain amplifier to an infinite-gain, single-pole op-amp, ...