diff --git a/content/zettels/transconductance_amplifiers.md b/content/zettels/transconductance_amplifiers.md index 54a5670..5be1d01 100644 --- a/content/zettels/transconductance_amplifiers.md +++ b/content/zettels/transconductance_amplifiers.md @@ -208,7 +208,26 @@ W_stop = 0.0025 [W] ## Basic Circuits {#basic-circuits} -{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/okyay16_current_amplifier_schematic.png" caption="Figure 1: From <&okyay16_mechat_desig_dynam_contr_metrol>, Appendix A" >}} + +### Howland Current Sources {#howland-current-sources} + +See Section 4.2.5 in <&horowitz15_art_of_elect_third_edition>. + +Howland current source is shown in Figure . + +> The output current is sourced through a sense resistor \\(R\_s\\) whose value you can choose independently of the matched resistor array (with resistor pairs \\(R\_1\\) and \\(R\_2\\)). +> The best way to understand this circuit is to think of \\(IC\_1\\) as a difference amplifier whose output sense and reference connections sample the drop across \\(R\_s\\) (i.e., the current); the latter is buffered by follower IC2 so there is no current error. + + + +{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/art_electronics_current_source.png" caption="Figure 1: From <&horowitz15_art_of_elect_third_edition>" >}} + + +### Other circuits found in the litterature {#other-circuits-found-in-the-litterature} + +{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/lafarga24_current_amplifier.png" caption="Figure 2: From <&lafarga24_activ_vibrat_isolat_system_space_applic>, Appendix B" >}} + +{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/okyay16_current_amplifier_schematic.png" caption="Figure 3: From <&okyay16_mechat_desig_dynam_contr_metrol>, Appendix A" >}} ## Estimation of the required current noise {#estimation-of-the-required-current-noise} diff --git a/static/ox-hugo/art_electronics_current_source.png b/static/ox-hugo/art_electronics_current_source.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4bcdf45 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/ox-hugo/art_electronics_current_source.png differ diff --git a/static/ox-hugo/lafarga24_current_amplifier.png b/static/ox-hugo/lafarga24_current_amplifier.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fd95fa4 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/ox-hugo/lafarga24_current_amplifier.png differ