Gamry Interface 5000, Operator'S Manual

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Instrument Circuitry
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Figure 6-4
Interface 5000 Potentiostat Board in Potentiostat Mode
Notes for Figure 6-4
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Only Potentiostat Mode connections are shown in this figure. In this mode the voltage difference between
the Reference and Working Sense leads (called Esig) is fed back into the control amplifier.
In Galvanostat Mode, the feedback is from Isig. In ZRA mode (full-cell mode), the feedback is from a
differential amplifier measuring the difference between the Counter Sense and Working Sense leads of the
cell cable.
•
Switches are either computer-controlled reed relays or MOS switches as appropriate.
•
All components shown as being variable (resistance Rm, capacitor IEStab, and capacitor CASpeed) are
actually several fixed-value components switched into the circuit. They are
not continuously variable as
implied in the figure.
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The monitor connections for Isig and Esig are filtered using an RLC circuit.
• All the resistors summing voltages into the Control Amplifier input do not have values shown: their values
depend on scaling factors too complex to discuss in this simplified diagram.
•
Calibration components are not shown.
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Overload protection and overload detection are not shown. Good engineering practice demands that any
possible misconnection of the cell leads does not damage the instrument. This practice is followed in the
Interface 5000 design.