Cg in THAT 1512

card9inal · 2nd October 2012, 05:05 PM

Hey everyone, I'm putting a pre-amp in a project and I was given some THAT 1512 pre-amp chips. It's the first pre-amp I'm building, so I'm still pretty green with this type of stuff, pretty much an electronics noob in general too.

Reading the datasheet, I'm going to build the circuit in Figure 4.

http://www.thatcorp.com/datashts/THA..._Datasheet.pdf

On page 5, it states that Cg must be large enough to at smaller Rg values. My guess is that I'll probably be using <100 ohms at Rg. It recommends 6,800uF, but that doesn't seem right... Seems like that's waaaay too high of a value.

Does anyone have any experience or any advice on how to properly build that circuit?

Thanks!

SY · 2nd October 2012, 05:53 PM

You want the time constant for the RC to be at least a decade lower than the lowest frequency of interest. Let's say the resistor is 100 ohms and you want to go down to 20 Hz. Then a decade below is 2 Hz, so using C = 1/2pifR, we get about 800 uF. If the resistor is smaller, the cap will be proportionately bigger.

stellavox · 3rd October 2012, 12:37 PM

THAT is correct. If you want 60dB pf gain, Rg is 10 ohms. I use the 6800uF.

They have an application note that explains things more fully.

Charles

2nd October 2012, 05:05 PM	#1
card9inal diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2012	Cg in THAT 1512 Hey everyone, I'm putting a pre-amp in a project and I was given some THAT 1512 pre-amp chips. It's the first pre-amp I'm building, so I'm still pretty green with this type of stuff, pretty much an electronics noob in general too. Reading the datasheet, I'm going to build the circuit in Figure 4. http://www.thatcorp.com/datashts/THA..._Datasheet.pdf On page 5, it states that Cg must be large enough to at smaller Rg values. My guess is that I'll probably be using <100 ohms at Rg. It recommends 6,800uF, but that doesn't seem right... Seems like that's waaaay too high of a value. Does anyone have any experience or any advice on how to properly build that circuit? Thanks!

2nd October 2012, 05:53 PM	#2
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicagoland Blog Entries: 1	You want the time constant for the RC to be at least a decade lower than the lowest frequency of interest. Let's say the resistor is 100 ohms and you want to go down to 20 Hz. Then a decade below is 2 Hz, so using C = 1/2pifR, we get about 800 uF. If the resistor is smaller, the cap will be proportionately bigger. __________________ If there's a sucker born every minute, where do the rest of them come from?

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3rd October 2012, 12:37 PM	#3
stellavox diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oneonta, NY; USA	THAT is correct. If you want 60dB pf gain, Rg is 10 ohms. I use the 6800uF. They have an application note that explains things more fully. Charles