Hi all
I have just comleted my 1.7 boards, and have a voltage imbalance issue that I cannot locate.
Both boards are doing exactly the same thing, within a volt or so.
Basically, one half is runing at approximately 25v, and the other half at 36V.
Since I made the boards myself, and both boards have an almost identical problem, I thought OK, it is a track error layout. However after hours and hours of investigation I cannot find any track error, or incorrect part placement.
I know the chances of both boards having the came comonent failure is very rare.
With respect to amplification, there is not much there at all. 450mV in, about 600mV out. Sine wave is very clean though.
Tried the same with a square wave at 1khz, very rounded leading edge.
Anyway, atatched is a sketch showing the voltages measured around the fets etc.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
George.
I have just comleted my 1.7 boards, and have a voltage imbalance issue that I cannot locate.
Both boards are doing exactly the same thing, within a volt or so.
Basically, one half is runing at approximately 25v, and the other half at 36V.
Since I made the boards myself, and both boards have an almost identical problem, I thought OK, it is a track error layout. However after hours and hours of investigation I cannot find any track error, or incorrect part placement.
I know the chances of both boards having the came comonent failure is very rare.
With respect to amplification, there is not much there at all. 450mV in, about 600mV out. Sine wave is very clean though.
Tried the same with a square wave at 1khz, very rounded leading edge.
Anyway, atatched is a sketch showing the voltages measured around the fets etc.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Regards
George.
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Hi Juma
Just a quick note to say that I beleive that I have found the problem.
I had R5 and R6 swapped around. (The 221R and the 221K)
Unfortunately when I made my boards I labelled them incorrectly on the board.
Anyway, the Drain voltages are all within 0.3V (approx 30.5V)
Drain voltages on T1 AND T8 are 11.25V, which by my calcs appears to be about right.
Gain is now excellent, looking at it on the CRO.
Thank you for taking the time to respond
Hi Juma
Just a quick note to say that I beleive that I have found the problem.
I had R5 and R6 swapped around. (The 221R and the 221K)
Unfortunately when I made my boards I labelled them incorrectly on the board.
Anyway, the Drain voltages are all within 0.3V (approx 30.5V)
Drain voltages on T1 AND T8 are 11.25V, which by my calcs appears to be about right.
Gain is now excellent, looking at it on the CRO.
Thank you for taking the time to respond
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