Symasym - the sequel

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Stability problem SymAsym Clone

Hi,

I have been experimenting with the SymAsym Clone as presented in an earlier posting. I could get rid of the oscillation problem with some serious feedback capacitors on the compound stage but the bandwith dropped till appr. 150 kHz. So I decided to lose the driver for the compound(stage) and now de ampflier is perfectly stable onder all conditions.

Anatech: the compound has indeed "internal" gain, you are right about that. What i meant was the transfer from input to output exibits no voltage gain.

best regards,

Piersma
 

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My version of the project has been put on hold due to my PC catching fire...
 

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I have a minor question. The first differntial i fitted with a cascoded currrent source, but the second differntial is just biased with resistors. why is that. Is it to preserve the voltage swing capability. One should think bias stablilty, offest and PSR. would improve with a currint sink fitted.

I find it quite amazing how the two differntials seems to cancel all odd order distortion products. Nice

Michael
 
Here's the parts placement diagram for the board illustrated on page 16 (post #157) of this thread. You'll find the gerbers and bom on page 17. Hopefully it's clear enough to make out the labels. If not, let me know, I'll create a larger diagram and zip it.

Al
 

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Hello Micheal,

My simulations show that a current source for the second diff.pair causes some slight increase of distortion. I haven't done some serious real life measurments yet. I think Mike has chosen the resistor for it's simplicity but I am not sure about that. You have to ask him.

best regards,

Piersma
 
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