life speed wrote:
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:32:55 -0500
From: Bob Camp<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advice on 10 MHz isolation/distribution
Hi
There are a few differences between what you are simulating and the schematics
Bruce posted earlier. The collectors of the input stages (q1, q4 and q7) seem
have to come unglued from the bases of the output stages. The 95 ohm / 100 nf
roll off networks seem to have vanished from the emitters of Q1 and Q7. There
are a few other minor things.
I suspect that once you get it back to a node-node feedback circuit, the
impedance at the splitting point will drop and the isolation will go up quite a
bit.
Bob
Hi Bob,
I see I fumbled the mouse, thanks. I had to spend a couple days working on
other parts of the design, but I am back at the 10 MHz circuit again. I don't
see the RC networks in the emitters of Q1, Q7 in the original schematic (design
3), although I tried them and also with a 1.6K ohm resistor and did not see
much difference.
I notice that the gain of 2 (6 dB voltage gain) happens in the first stage, and
the second stages seem to have an equal amount of loss, which is a reasonable
outcome for buffer/isolator circuit.
The isolation, while improved, seems to be only 50 dB from Vout_1 to Vout_2.
To make this circuit really effective, I think I would have to parallel two
Q4/Q1 two-stage amps. Either that, or there are still some mistakes.
Clay
Clay
Your design is subtly different from the one I posted.
The output amplifiers should have about 1K6 from the ZTX5179 emitter to
ground not the 95 ohms in series with 1k6 shunted by 100nF.
Among other effects your version will exhibit significant distortion
unless the current in the output transistors is increased.
You've also reduce R9 R10 and R12 to 10 ohms??
This significantly reduces the RF loop gain.
In particular the open loop RF gain of the ZTX5179 input device drops to
little more than unity.
They should be about 1K or so.
If you do the analysis correctly you will find that they have little
effect on the RF or low frequency noise.
My simulations indicate Vout-1 to Vout_2 is around 100dB at 10MHz with
the correct values for R9, R10 and R12.
This may be slightly optimistic.
Bruce
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