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USER MANUAL

USER MANUAL

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

ERMSDCV2

DC..1MHz RMS to DC converter, 85

dB Logarithmic output  

voltmeter & 80dB 10Hz...100kHz low Noise Amplifier

ERMSDCV2_Manual.odt

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Document Revision

Date

Modifications

Author

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03/2011

Initial manual

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Contents

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What is it

 

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2) 

Instrument overview

 

                                                                                                       

 

 

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2.1) 

Functional diagram

 

                                                                                                                        

 

 

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2.2) 

Front panel description

 

                                                                                                                  

 

 

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Input coupling switch:

 

                                                                                                                                                       

 

 

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(2) 

RMS and logarithmic voltmeter input:

 

                                                                                                                              

 

 

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RMS/LOG voltmeter input overload led indicator

 

                                                                                                              

 

 

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LNA input overload led indicator

 

                                                                                                                                       

 

 

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LNA input

 

                                                                                                                                                                          

 

 

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Power ON led indicator

 

                                                                                                                                                     

 

 

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2.3) 

Rear panel description

 

                                                                                                                   

 

 

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LNA output

 

                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

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(2) 

DC supply input

 

                                                                                                                                                                

 

 

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(3) 

Logarithmic voltmeter output

 

                                                                                                                                           

 

 

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RMS voltmeter output

 

                                                                                                                                                       

 

 

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3) 

RMS/DC and LOG voltmeter operation.

 

                                                                           

 

 

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4) 

Low noise amplifier (LNA) operation.

 

                                                                              

 

 

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Technical specifications

 

                                                                                                   

 

 

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5.1) 

True RMS voltmeter

 

                                                                                                                       

 

 

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5.2) 

Logarithmic voltmeter

 

                                                                                                                   

 

 

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5.3) 

80dB Low noise amplifier

 

                                                                                                              

 

 

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ERMSDCV2 front and rear panel view

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Summary of Contents for ERMSDCV2

Page 1: ...el description 3 1 Input coupling switch 3 2 RMS and logarithmic voltmeter input 3 3 RMS LOG voltmeter input overload led indicator 3 4 LNA input overload led indicator 3 5 LNA input 3 6 Power ON led indicator 3 2 3 Rear panel description 4 1 LNA output 4 2 DC supply input 4 3 Logarithmic voltmeter output 4 4 RMS voltmeter output 4 3 RMS DC and LOG voltmeter operation 5 4 Low noise amplifier LNA o...

Page 2: ... IC from Analog Devices to achieve it The third ERMSDCV2 function is a 80dB 10Hz 100kHz bandwidth low noise amplifier This amplifier allow to measure signal level down to micro volt range it has been intended to perform voltage regulators such LM7805 LM317 TL431 and many others comparative output noise measurements in audio band Of course it can be used in any application needing to extract low si...

Page 3: ...rement and for the LOG converter this limit is 2Vpeak So when the red LED light is on the measurement range of the LOG voltmeter has been reached but not the limit of the RMS DC voltmeter This input is protected for voltage up to 20V peak 4 LNA input overload led indicator This red led light is on if the input voltage of the LNA input exceed 0 5 mVpeak Above this limit the high gain the output mak...

Page 4: ...or the LNA section that is noise sensitive For this reason switching mode power supplies SMPS should be avoided 3 Logarithmic voltmeter output This is the logarithmic voltmeter output BNC female connector The logarithmic output is a DC voltage matching directly voltage expressed in dBV For 1V at input you will get 0Vdc at output and for 100mV you will get 200mVdc at output This DC output voltage i...

Page 5: ...h Using probe has also the advantage to get an higher impedance than a direct connexion The probes impedance are No probe direct connexion 1MΩ x10 oscilloscope probe 10MΩ x100 oscilloscope probe 100MΩ Using probe can avoid parasitic impedance disturbance 4 Low noise amplifier LNA operation The LNA can be used for many purpose The design has been originally built to compare the noise of different l...

Page 6: ...limit no probe 20 Vpeak 5 2 Logarithmic voltmeter Parameter Min Typ Max Unit DC output logarithmic slope 10 mV dB Linearity from 100µV 80dBV to 1V 0dBV f 1kHz 0 5 dB Noise floor Input shorted to ground analog front end with OPA627 AD817 85 56 dBV µVrms Frequency bandwidth error 3dB 0 01 1800 kHz Error between 0dBV to 80dBV 1V to 100µV 0 5 0 5 dB 5 3 80dB Low noise amplifier Parameter Min Typ Max U...

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