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: [Electronics]({{< relref "electronics" >}})
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Reference
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: ([Morrison 2016](#orgdb34704))
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: ([Morrison 2016](#orgc3a94fb))
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Author(s)
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: Morrison, R.
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### Field representation {#field-representation}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_E_field_charge.svg" caption="Figure 1: The force field lines around a positively chaged conducting sphere" >}}
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### The force field or \\(E\\) field between two conducting plates {#the-force-field-or--e--field-between-two-conducting-plates}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_force_field_plates.svg" caption="Figure 2: The force field between two conducting plates with equal and opposite charges and spacing distance \\(h\\)" >}}
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### Electric field patterns {#electric-field-patterns}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_electric_field_ground_plane.svg" caption="Figure 3: The electric field pattern of one circuit trace and two circuit traces over a ground plane" >}}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_electric_field_shielded_conductor.svg" caption="Figure 4: Field configuration around a shielded conductor" >}}
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### The \\(D\\) field {#the--d--field}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_E_D_fields.svg" caption="Figure 5: The electric field pattern in the presence of a dielectric" >}}
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The flow of electrons is another way to generate a magnetic field.
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The letter \\(H\\) is reserved for the magnetic field generated by a current.
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Figure [6](#org4c94f50) shows the shape of the \\(H\\) field around a long, straight conductor carrying a direct current \\(I\\).
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Figure [6](#org198efb1) shows the shape of the \\(H\\) field around a long, straight conductor carrying a direct current \\(I\\).
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_H_field.svg" caption="Figure 6: The \\(H\\) field around a current-carrying conductor" >}}
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\boxed{\oint H dl = I}
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\end{equation}
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The simplest path to use for this integration is the one of the concentric circles in Figure [6](#org4c94f50), where \\(H\\) is constant and \\(r\\) is the distance from the conductor.
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The simplest path to use for this integration is the one of the concentric circles in Figure [6](#org198efb1), where \\(H\\) is constant and \\(r\\) is the distance from the conductor.
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Solving for \\(H\\), we obtain
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\begin{equation}
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### The solenoid {#the-solenoid}
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The magnetic field of a solenoid is shown in Figure [7](#org7682896).
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The magnetic field of a solenoid is shown in Figure [7](#org7535570).
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The field intensity inside the solenoid is nearly constant, while outside its intensity falls of rapidly.
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Using Ampere's law \eqref{eq:ampere_law}:
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\oint H dl \approx n I l
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\end{equation}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_solenoid.svg" caption="Figure 7: The \\(H\\) field around a solenoid" >}}
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### Faraday's law and the induction field {#faraday-s-law-and-the-induction-field}
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When a conducting coil is moved through a magnetic field, a voltage appears at the open ends of the coil.
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This is illustrated in Figure [8](#org431ab1d).
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This is illustrated in Figure [8](#orgd2dee77).
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The voltage depends on the number of turns in the coil and the rate at which the flux is changing.
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_voltage_moving_coil.svg" caption="Figure 8: A voltage induced into a moving coil" >}}
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</div>
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For the coil in Figure [7](#org7682896):
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For the coil in Figure [7](#org7535570):
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\begin{equation} \label{eq:inductance\_coil}
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V = n^2 A k \mu\_0 \frac{dI}{dt} = L \frac{dI}{dt}
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### Introduction {#introduction}
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This chapter is devoted to analog circuits that operate below 100kHz.
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The techniques that are described can be applied to audio amplifiers, power supplies as well as instrumentation.
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The availability of integrated circuits has simplified many aspects of analog circuit design.
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Instrumentation must often handle long signal lines, reject ground potential differences, and maintain circuit stability.
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The general problem of analog design is called signal conditioning, which includes gain, filtering, offsets, bridge balancing, common-mode rejection, transducer excitation and calibration.
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Once a signal has sufficient resolution and the bandwidth has been controlled, the signal can be digitized and transmitted over a digital link to a computer.
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This chapter treats the problems of conditioning signals before they are sampled and recorded.
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### Instrumentation {#instrumentation}
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There are many transducers that can measure temperature, strain, stress, position and vibration.
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The signals generated are usually in the milli-volt range and must be amplified, conditioned, and then recorded for later analysis.
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### History {#history}
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<div class="important">
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<div></div>
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It can be very difficult to verify that the measurement is valid.
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For example, signals that overload an input stage can produce noise that may look like signal.
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</div>
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<div class="definition">
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<div></div>
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1. **Reference Conductor**.
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Any conductor used as the zero of voltage.
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If a signal is measured with respect to a conductor called ground, it becomes the reference signal conductor.
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In an analog circuit, there may be several reference conductors.
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2. **Signal common / Signal ground**
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A signal reference conductor.
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3. **Balance signal(s)**.
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Two signals measured with respect to a reference conductor whose sum is always zero.
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4. **An unbalanced signal / A single-ended signal**.
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A single voltage measured with respect to a reference conductor.
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5. **Common-mode voltage**.
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The average interfering voltage on a group of signal conductors measured with respect to a reference conductor.
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6. **Normal-mode signal**.
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The signal of interest.
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7. **Differential signal / Difference signal**.
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The voltage difference of interest.
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8. **Instrumentation amplifier**.
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A general-purpose differential amplifier with bandwidth from DC to perhaps 100kHz and variable gains from 1 to 5000.
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</div>
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### The basic shield enclosure {#the-basic-shield-enclosure}
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Consider the simple amplifier circuit shown in Figure [9](#orgd60f7ec) with:
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- \\(V\_1\\) the input lead
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- \\(V\_2\\) the output lead
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- \\(V\_3\\) the conducting enclosure which is floating and taken as the reference conductor
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- \\(V\_4\\) a signal common or reference conductor
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Every conductor pair has a mutual capacitance, which are shown in Figure [9](#orgd60f7ec) (b).
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The equivalent circuit is shown in Figure [9](#orgd60f7ec) (c) and it is apparent that there is some feedback from the output to the input or the amplifier.
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_parasitic_capacitance_amp.svg" caption="Figure 9: Parasitic capacitances in a simple circuit. (a) Field lines in a circuit. (b) Mutual capacitance diagram. (b) Circuit representation" >}}
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It is common practice in analog design to connect the enclosure to circuit common (Figure [10](#org412bfcb)).
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When this connection is made, the feedback is removed and the enclosure no longer couples signals into the feedback structure.
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The conductive enclosure is called a **shield**.
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Connecting the signal common to the conductive enclosure is called "**grounding the shield**".
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This "grounding" usually removed "hum" from the circuit.
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_grounding_shield_amp.svg" caption="Figure 10: Grounding the shield to limit feedback" >}}
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Most practical circuits provide connections to external points.
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To see the effect of making a _single_ external connection, open the conductive enclosure and connect the input circuit common to an external ground.
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Figure [11](#org5d67d92) (a) shows this grounded connection surrounded by an extension of the enclosure called the _cable shield_.
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A problem can be caused by an incorrect location of the connection between the cable shield and the enclosure.
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In Figure [11](#org5d67d92) (a), the electromagnetic field in the area induces a voltage in the loop and a resulting current to flow in conductor (1)-(2).
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This conductor being the common ground that might have a resistance \\(R\\) or \\(1\,\Omega\\), this current induced voltage that it added to the transmitted signal.
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Our goal in this chapter is to find ways of keeping interference currents from flowing in any input signal conductor.
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To remove this coupling, the shield connection to circuit common must be made at the point, where the circuit common connects to the external ground.
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This connection is shown in Figure [11](#org5d67d92) (b).
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This connection keeps the circulation of interference current on the outside of the shield.
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There is only one point of zero signal potential external to the enclosure and that is where the signal common connects to an external hardware ground.
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The input shield should not be connected to any other ground point.
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The reason is simple.
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If there is an external electromagnetic field, there will be current flow in the shield and a resulting voltage gradient.
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A voltage gradient will couple interference capacitively to the signal conductors.
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<div></div>
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An input circuit shield should connect to the circuit common, where the signal common makes its connection to the source of signal.
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Any other shield connection will introduce interference.
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Shielding is not an issue of finding a "really good ground".
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It is an issue of using the _right_ ground.
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_enclosure_shield_1_2_leads.png" caption="Figure 11: (a) The problem of bringing one lead out of a shielded region. Unwanted current circulates in the signal lead 2. (b) The \\(E\\) field circulate current in the shield, not in the signal conductor." >}}
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### The enclosure and utility power {#the-enclosure-and-utility-power}
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When utility power is introduced into an enclosure, a new set of problems results.
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The power transformer couples fields from the external environment into the enclosure.
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The obvious coupling results from capacitance between the primary coil and the secondary coil.
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Note that the secondary coil is connected to the circuit common conductor.
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_power_transformer_enclosure.png" caption="Figure 12: A power transformer added to the circuit enclosure" >}}
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### The two-ground problem {#the-two-ground-problem}
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### Instrumentation and the two-ground problem {#instrumentation-and-the-two-ground-problem}
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The basic analog problem is to condition a signal associated with one ground reference potential and transport this signal to a second ground reference potential without adding interference.
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_two_ground_problem.svg" caption="Figure 13: The two-circuit enclosures used to transport signals between grounds" >}}
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### Strain-gauge instrumentation {#strain-gauge-instrumentation}
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### The basic low-gain differential amplifier (forward referencing amplifier) {#the-basic-low-gain-differential-amplifier--forward-referencing-amplifier}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_low_gain_diff_amp.svg" caption="Figure 14: The low-gain differential amplifier applied to the two-ground problem" >}}
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### Shielding in power transformers {#shielding-in-power-transformers}
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### Signal flow paths in analog circuits {#signal-flow-paths-in-analog-circuits}
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Here are a few rule that will help in analog board layout:
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1. Maintain a flow of signal and signal common from input to output.
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The area between the signal path and the signal reference conductor should be kept small.
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2. Components associated with the input should not be near output circuit components.
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3. Power supply connections (DC voltages) should enter at the output and thread back toward the input.
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This avoids common-impedance coupling (parasitic feedback).
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4. The greatest attention should be paid to the input circuit geometry.
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Lead length for components connecting to the input path should be kept short.
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Another way of describing this requirements is to interconnect the components to minimize the amount of bare copper connected to the input signal path.
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5. Feedback summing points are critical.
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Keep lead lengths short at these nodes.
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### Parallel active components {#parallel-active-components}
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### Feedback theory {#feedback-theory}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_basic_feedback_circuit.svg" caption="Figure 15: The basic feedback circuit" >}}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_LR_stabilizing_network.svg" caption="Figure 16: An LR-stabilizing network" >}}
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### Output loads and circuit stability {#output-loads-and-circuit-stability}
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### Charge converter basics {#charge-converter-basics}
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In vibration analysis, piezoelectric sensors are used which are electrically equivalent to a capacitor.
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When a force is exerted to the piezoelectric material, charges or voltage are generated.
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The relationship between charge and voltage is \\(V = Q/C\\) where \\(C\\) is the transducer capacitance.
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The voltage on the transducer can be amplifier by a high-impedance amplifier.
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The input cable capacitance attenuates the input signal and this makes calibration a function of cable length.
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The preferred method of amplifying signals from piezoelectric transducers is to measure charge generation and not voltage generation.
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The charge is first converted to a voltage and the voltage is then amplified.
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This type of instrument is called a **charge amplifier**.
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The basic feedback around an operational amplifier usually involves two resistors.
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The voltage gain is simply the ratio of the two resistors.
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If the resistors are replaced by capacitors, the gain is the ratio of reactances.
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This feedback circuit is called a **charge converter**.
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The charge on the input capacitor is transferred to the feedback capacitor.
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If the feedback capacitor is smaller than the transducer capacitance by a factor of 100, then the voltage across the feedback capacitor will be 100 times greater than the open-circuit transducer voltage.
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This feedback arrangement is shown in Figure [17](#org964dc8b).
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The open-circuit input signal voltage is \\(Q/C\_T\\).
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The output voltage is \\(Q/C\_{FB}\\).
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The voltage gain is therefore \\(C\_T/C\_{FB}\\).
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Note that there is essentially no voltage at the summing node \\(s\_p\\).
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A charge converter does not amplifier charge.
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It converts a charge signal to a voltage.
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_charge_amplifier.svg" caption="Figure 17: A basic charge amplifier" >}}
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{{< figure src="/ox-hugo/morrison16_charge_amplifier_feedback_resistor.svg" caption="Figure 18: The resistor feedback arrangement to control the low-frequency response" >}}
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### DC power supplies {#dc-power-supplies}
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### Semantics {#semantics}
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Here are the key words used by a power engineer as defined by the NEC:
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Ground
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The grounded conductor
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### Utility power {#utility-power}
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### Cables with shields {#cables-with-shields}
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In analog work, an aluminum foil is often used as a shield around a cable.
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The inside of the aluminum foil is anodized to provide protection against corrosion.
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Because it is difficult to terminate the foil at the cable ends, a drain wire is provided on the outside of the cable foil.
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This drain wire is made of multistranded tinned copper wires that make contact with the foil along the length of the cable.
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If the foil should break, the drain wire connects the segments together.
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In audio work, where a cable carries a microphone signal, the cable can be a shielded single conductor.
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In instrumentation, best practice requires that the signal common and the shield be separate conductors.
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An aluminum foil over a group of conductors provides an **excellent electrostatic shield at low frequencies**.
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In analog work, the shield should be connected at one end to the reference conductor preferable where it connects to a ground.
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If the drain wire is connected to grounded hardware at both ends, then interference can result.
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Electromagnetic fields in the area will cause current flow in the resulting loop.
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A foil seam does not allow current to flow freely around the cable.
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Also the foil doesn't form a very stable geometry.
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For these reasons, foil shields should not be used where the characteristic impedance of the cable needs to be controlled.
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The termination of shields at a hardware interface can be critical.
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A cable terminated by a drain wire allows field energy to penetrate the hardware at the hardware at the connector.
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A woven braid can provide 360 degree termination.
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The term coax is generally applied to cable where the characteristic impedance is controller.
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A typical coax is a single conductor surrounded by a shield with a controlled geometry.
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For applications from DC to about 1MHz, the characteristic impedance may not be important.
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Above this frequency, coaxial cables is preferred.
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The manufacturer supplies specifications relating to signal loss at high frequencies.
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The characteristic impedance of a transmission line is a function of the conductor geometry and of the dielectric constant.
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To transport RF power without reflections, the source impedance and the terminating impedance must match the line impedance.
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### Low-noise cables {#low-noise-cables}
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@ -768,4 +1033,4 @@ Methods for limiting field penetration into and out of a screen are offered.
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## Bibliography {#bibliography}
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<a id="orgdb34704"></a>Morrison, Ralph. 2016. _Grounding and Shielding: Circuits and Interference_. John Wiley & Sons.
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<a id="orgc3a94fb"></a>Morrison, Ralph. 2016. _Grounding and Shielding: Circuits and Interference_. John Wiley & Sons.
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