On 11/04/14 22:15, Dan Kemppainen wrote:
Hi all,
I'm thinking about an upcoming project, if this is off topic please
disregard or contact me off list. :)
I have a large LC tank, with a very lossy inductor. Being driven by a
pulse width push pull driver, that is digitally controlled. The driver
circuit will couple through a N:1 transformer. I need to be able to
adjust the push/pull driver frequency to match the frequency of the tank
circuit. (See frequency/time is involved :) ) The tank components can
vary and are not adjustable, so the drive frequency needs to vary.
I'm thinking some sort of a phase detector may be the way to go. I'm
just not sure were to sample the V and I signals to look for phase
differences, or where to get a good clean reference from.
So the question is, when actively driving a tank circuit, how do you
know you are driving it with the same frequency ad the same phase it
naturally oscillates at.
Any thoughts, suggestions, or readily available papers you guy could
point me to?
As you drive it with a pulse, you induce energy to it. If you sample the
voltage (or current) 90 degrees of from your drive-pulse, that
quadrature will indicate if you are early, late or prompt. As your
sampling point is also a sign of your current rate, and the pulse forced
the LC tank and your oscillator into sync, the frequency error will
cause the phase difference and hence voltage difference to be
observeable. As you are fairly close in frequency, so will the phase
error and you can assume the phase to voltage to be almost linear and
away you go with a phase detector.
Cheers,
Magnus
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