Group buy for the through-hole version has just been posted
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...ugh-hole-folded-cascode-cen-iv-boards.391213/
Fran
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...ugh-hole-folded-cascode-cen-iv-boards.391213/
Fran
I’m part of the group buy for Patrick’s Cen iv (smd). Are these the power supplies you are using ?
This one which is obsolete :
https://www.diyinhk.com/shop/eol-pr...-dac-power-supply-regulator-91215v-15ax2.html
now succeeded by this one :
https://www.diyinhk.com/shop/audio-...e-dac-power-supply-regulator-91215v-15a2.html
Patrick
https://www.diyinhk.com/shop/eol-pr...-dac-power-supply-regulator-91215v-15ax2.html
now succeeded by this one :
https://www.diyinhk.com/shop/audio-...e-dac-power-supply-regulator-91215v-15a2.html
Patrick
Yes, that is the one I used for initial testing.
Whatever one you use, if you have a scope it is very well worth while to check for oscillations. I have had it now a few times with different supplies on various other projects - and typically adjusting capacitor sizes or location of gate resistors are my first places to go to solve it.
For this build it is important that the supplies come up and down evenly. When you have that scope out, use it to capture the rise and fall with and even load before you connect it to the FC CEN IV.
Whatever one you use, if you have a scope it is very well worth while to check for oscillations. I have had it now a few times with different supplies on various other projects - and typically adjusting capacitor sizes or location of gate resistors are my first places to go to solve it.
For this build it is important that the supplies come up and down evenly. When you have that scope out, use it to capture the rise and fall with and even load before you connect it to the FC CEN IV.
We have had multiple questions as to whether the FC CEN can be used for DACs with an offset output current.
Examples are ES90xx, PCM179x, TDA154x, etc.
Such questions have already been raised before in the original SEN IV thread.
These modern DACs are designed to use single supply.
As such, they cannot output a +/- current, for which the FC CEN is designed.
So the offset current at no input signal has to be compensated for by an additional CCS.
The document for the Pedja Rogic IV shows how it may be implemented (Fig.1).
https://www.diyaudio.com/archive/bl...-out-production-pedja-rogic-ddnf-iv-stage.pdf
i.e. an adjustable CCS using a single JFET has to be placed at the DAC current output, and adjusted until IV output is zero with no signal.
What is not certain, is how stable that DC offset remains.
This in turns depends on the particular DAC, the stability of the JFET CCS, as well as the IV circuit itself.
Since it is impossible for us to test all the DACs that exists, all we can say is that the FC CEN is stable to << +/-5mV after 2 minutes.
Adding thermal mass with a special heatsink, as well as placing inside an enclosure, will improve that.
Another simple way out is of course to add an output coupling cap, as in the Rogic IV.
The through hole version will cope with a signal current of +/-4mA.
Beyond that, distortion will increase, unless you change the circuit for that ( with increased bias current and hence also DC drift).
And of course, Riv / Civ, and the Sallen Key filter have to be changed accordingly.
This is all we have to say on the subject.
Patrick
Examples are ES90xx, PCM179x, TDA154x, etc.
Such questions have already been raised before in the original SEN IV thread.
These modern DACs are designed to use single supply.
As such, they cannot output a +/- current, for which the FC CEN is designed.
So the offset current at no input signal has to be compensated for by an additional CCS.
The document for the Pedja Rogic IV shows how it may be implemented (Fig.1).
https://www.diyaudio.com/archive/bl...-out-production-pedja-rogic-ddnf-iv-stage.pdf
i.e. an adjustable CCS using a single JFET has to be placed at the DAC current output, and adjusted until IV output is zero with no signal.
What is not certain, is how stable that DC offset remains.
This in turns depends on the particular DAC, the stability of the JFET CCS, as well as the IV circuit itself.
Since it is impossible for us to test all the DACs that exists, all we can say is that the FC CEN is stable to << +/-5mV after 2 minutes.
Adding thermal mass with a special heatsink, as well as placing inside an enclosure, will improve that.
Another simple way out is of course to add an output coupling cap, as in the Rogic IV.
The through hole version will cope with a signal current of +/-4mA.
Beyond that, distortion will increase, unless you change the circuit for that ( with increased bias current and hence also DC drift).
And of course, Riv / Civ, and the Sallen Key filter have to be changed accordingly.
This is all we have to say on the subject.
Patrick
So here you have it from Miro himself on the TDA1541.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...st-tht-i2s-input-nos-r-2r.354078/post-7159243
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...st-tht-i2s-input-nos-r-2r.354078/post-7159250
I can only summarise what he said.
He prefers to use a (+ve) regulated supply and a resistor to null the ~2mA offset current, than to a current source.
(Rogic use a BF245A JFET adjustable CCS for the same purpose.)
There will be a DC drift from cold to warm, in the order of 7µA.
If you are using 1.4k Riv, expect 10mV change (on top of that of the FC CEN IV).
Of course you can trim it to close to zero after everything has warmed up.
I also agree with him that DC servo is not a preferred solution.
Resistor bias has poor PSRR, so you need a very quiet and stable supply.
And I have not tried, nor intend to.
Patrick
Sorry to miss this. My apologies.
Hopefully not too late.
For use with AD1862, no need to change circuit even for Idss 10.5mA, though it is still advantageous to increase current in current mirror by 1~2mA.
If using a DAC with higher current amplitude (e.g. PCM63), you will want to increase the current in the current mirror by 2mA.
This can be done by changing R51,53,61,63 to 2.4k instead of 2k.
BC550/560 is perfect.
They are obsolete, which is why they were not named in the BoM.
Patrick
Hopefully not too late.
For use with AD1862, no need to change circuit even for Idss 10.5mA, though it is still advantageous to increase current in current mirror by 1~2mA.
If using a DAC with higher current amplitude (e.g. PCM63), you will want to increase the current in the current mirror by 2mA.
This can be done by changing R51,53,61,63 to 2.4k instead of 2k.
BC550/560 is perfect.
They are obsolete, which is why they were not named in the BoM.
Patrick