Hi there I have a charge amplifier, used to amplify the signal from a piezo electric transducer, with 2nF of reference capacitance shunted...

Hi there I have a charge amplifier, used to amplify the signal from a piezo electric transducer, with 2nF of reference capacitance shunted with 1GOhm. I need to be able to reset the amplifier, preferably with a solid state device (the circuit has to be very compact, and operate in a high-vibration environment). One possibility which comes to mind is to simultaneously short the amplifier ou...

I read this post in an antenna group and I don't get how this guy is coming up with a negative noise figure. Looks to me like he is...

I read this post in an antenna group and I don't get how this guy is coming up with a negative noise figure. Looks to me like he is calculating the noise figure of a resistor, not the amplifier. Anyone care to explain this to me? The part that seems bogus is this... > The negative NF is defined as the amplifier noise being less than the > increase in noise due to the amplifier gai

Op-amp differential amplifier has much wider range of input signals comparing to differential amplifier with discrete components. Read...

Op-amp differential amplifier has much wider range of input signals comparing to differential amplifier with discrete components. Read more: http://www.cirvirlab.com/index.php/tutorials/170-op-amp-differential-amplifier-simulation.html and also simulate: http://www.cirvirlab.com/simulation/op-amp-differential-amplifier-online.php

Anyone have an off-the-shelf 2.2-2.4GHz amplifier they like? ~10W is what I'm after. Mini-Circuits has their ZHL-30W-252+ which would be fine,...

Anyone have an off-the-shelf 2.2-2.4GHz amplifier they like? ~10W is what I'm after. Mini-Circuits has their ZHL-30W-252+ which would be fine, although at $3k I'm continuing to do a bit of searching... (And before anyone asks, no, I'm not building a high-power WiFi amplifier and, yes, I do have the appropriate FCC license to put this thing on the air -- with various restrictions on t...

Hi, I've been designing a "network audio client" (aka "network loudspeaker") and now have to select a suitable amplifier to use in it. 1)...

Hi, I've been designing a "network audio client" (aka "network loudspeaker") and now have to select a suitable amplifier to use in it. 1) The amplifier's presence is "optional" (e.g., when interfacing to external equipment via a "line out", the amplifier is superfluous) 2) The design is intended to support one or two audio channels (e.g., drive a single speaker -- BTL? -- or a pair WH...

http://www.schematicheaven.com/mesaboogie.htm Pick an amplifier. I'm trying to figure out what the circuit that "surrounds" the reverb circuit...

http://www.schematicheaven.com/mesaboogie.htm Pick an amplifier. I'm trying to figure out what the circuit that "surrounds" the reverb circuit is doing. This is usually the tube section V2 with the reverb tubes being V4 and phase V5. The input and drive are V1 with the FX loop V23. Actually I have a mesa amplifier and I am wanting to have a hard bypass for the reverb and fx loop. There r...

I have been playing with my shiny new photodiode amplifier (BW=75MHz A=35k) and my trusty spectrum analyzer set to 'noise' mode. I'm dissecting...

I have been playing with my shiny new photodiode amplifier (BW=75MHz A=35k) and my trusty spectrum analyzer set to 'noise' mode. I'm dissecting the thing to try and find areas where some simple tweaks might improve the SNR. The photodiode is a 500um PIN device with a NEP of 0.008pW/RtHz and a dark current under -5V bias (on the anode) of about 1.25nA. The amplifier circuit under examinat...

Hello, I am currently working on a design where I need to amplify the signal generated from a glass electrode and a reference electrode....

Hello, I am currently working on a design where I need to amplify the signal generated from a glass electrode and a reference electrode. Right now I have a basic input amplifier with an instrumentation amplifier from analog devices working. The challenging task on these designs is the very high output resistance of the glass electrodes (up to 200Meg) and the noise immunity. The input sta...

Hello, I'm trying to make a voltage controlled amplifier. I only need a gain of about 11 max. So I thought I would use an opto as a variable...

Hello, I'm trying to make a voltage controlled amplifier. I only need a gain of about 11 max. So I thought I would use an opto as a variable resistor on an inverting amplifier. I went with the H11F3M https://www.fairchildsemi.com/datasheets/H1/H11F3M.pdf I built up the Automatic Gain Control circuit in the datasheet. I used a 50k resistor as my feedback resistor. When I fired it up, my...

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 4:08:04 AM UTC-7, Phil Hobbs wrote: > > Oh and I'm fairly certain the non-inverting amplifier is wired up...

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 4:08:04 AM UTC-7, Phil Hobbs wrote: > > Oh and I'm fairly certain the non-inverting amplifier is wired up correctly. Between > > switching back and forth from the non-inverting to the inverting configuration > > several times, I am fairly certain that both configurations were wired up properly. > > Hmm... "several times" does make it sound like a

Hi All, I=92ve built a 40MHz amplifier based on a BLF177 RF FET. The circuit is similar to the 108MHz class B example presented in the...

Hi All, I=92ve built a 40MHz amplifier based on a BLF177 RF FET. The circuit is similar to the 108MHz class B example presented in the datasheet, except I have recalculated the input/output matching networks for the lower frequency. The amplifier works to a point, but performance is poor. With Vds=3D50V Idq=3D0.1A and 1W input I get about 10W of output power, this is far lower than the 20d...

On Thu, 14 May 2015 04:07:59 -0700 (PDT), Phil Hobbs wrote: > > Oh and I'm fairly certain the non-inverting amplifier is wired up...

On Thu, 14 May 2015 04:07:59 -0700 (PDT), Phil Hobbs wrote: > > Oh and I'm fairly certain the non-inverting amplifier is wired up correctly. Between > > switching back and forth from the non-inverting to the inverting configuration > > several times, I am fairly certain that both configurations were wired up properly. > > Hmm... "several times" does make it sound like a so

On 05/14/2015 11:52 AM, Felipe Jimenez wrote: > On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 4:08:04 AM UTC-7, Phil Hobbs wrote: > > > Oh and I'm fairly...

On 05/14/2015 11:52 AM, Felipe Jimenez wrote: > On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 4:08:04 AM UTC-7, Phil Hobbs wrote: > > > Oh and I'm fairly certain the non-inverting amplifier is wired up > > > correctly. Between switching back and forth from the > > > non-inverting to the inverting configuration several times, I am > > > fairly certain that both configurations were wired up properly. > > > > Hmm... "se

Hello all, I have a basic instrumentation amplifier made with three MAX 44245 op amps. My problem is that I have too much noise in the 50 to...

Hello all, I have a basic instrumentation amplifier made with three MAX 44245 op amps. My problem is that I have too much noise in the 50 to 100 kHz bandwidth and I don't know how to reduce it. Maybe I don't have enough phase margin around 100 kHz (the GBW product of the 44245 is 1 MHz and the gain of the first stage of the instr. amplifier is about 10). However, the data sheet says that t...

I'm currently researching the amplifier options for the output stage of a R= F receiver I'm designing. This stage will have a single-ended output...

I'm currently researching the amplifier options for the output stage of a R= F receiver I'm designing. This stage will have a single-ended output and wi= ll drive an ADC that has a SFDR of 100 dB. Of course, I need a highly linea= r amplifier to prevent washing out my ADC performance, but I don't want to = use one with differential I/O, which is typically used to drive high-perfor= mance ADCs...

On 05/14/2015 11:50 AM, John Larkin wrote: > On Thu, 14 May 2015 04:07:59 -0700 (PDT), Phil Hobbs > wrote: > > > > Oh and I'm fairly...

On 05/14/2015 11:50 AM, John Larkin wrote: > On Thu, 14 May 2015 04:07:59 -0700 (PDT), Phil Hobbs > wrote: > > > > Oh and I'm fairly certain the non-inverting amplifier is wired up correctly. Between > > > switching back and forth from the non-inverting to the inverting configuration > > > several times, I am fairly certain that both configurations were wired up properly. > >

Generally, if input stage of an operational amplifier is realized as BJT tr= ansistor differential amplifier, op-amp has smaller slew rate,...

Generally, if input stage of an operational amplifier is realized as BJT tr= ansistor differential amplifier, op-amp has smaller slew rate, smaller volt= age offset and better CMRR. If it's realized as JFET transistor based diffe= rential amplifier, voltage offset is higher, CMRR is smaller but slew rate = is better.=20 Read more: http://www.cirvirlab.com/index.php/tutorials/167-bjt-tran...

Is it possible to calculate the amplification factor for an amplifier,, e.g., a common emitter amplifier. This is because the amplification...

Is it possible to calculate the amplification factor for an amplifier,, e.g., a common emitter amplifier. This is because the amplification depends very much on the biasing condition, and so without a SPICE simulation, it appears impossible to determine the amplification factor. Am I right/wrong.

On 05/14/2015 12:15 PM, George Herold wrote: > On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 11:57:36 AM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote: > > On 05/14/2015 11:50 AM,...

On 05/14/2015 12:15 PM, George Herold wrote: > On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 11:57:36 AM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote: > > On 05/14/2015 11:50 AM, John Larkin wrote: > > > On Thu, 14 May 2015 04:07:59 -0700 (PDT), Phil Hobbs > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Oh and I'm fairly certain the non-inverting amplifier is > > > > > wired up correctly. Between switching back and forth from the > > > > > non

I need a simple(=3D cheap) relatively stable(temp and noise) dc amplifier t= hat can take a voltage from 0 to 5V and output from around 0V(not...

I need a simple(=3D cheap) relatively stable(temp and noise) dc amplifier t= hat can take a voltage from 0 to 5V and output from around 0V(not critical)= to near Vcc(but arbitrary) somewhat linearly. I'm thinking a simple bjt amplifier with temp compensation will work decent= ly but the issue is linearity and range. e.g., the output voltage of an ideal CE amplifier is Vout =3D Vcc - Rc...