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  1. M

    Bode plot

    I certainly would not try this unless all the other circuitry on the secondary side is also referenced to PE. Basically that means I would only connect this capacitor to the local GND (which might also be PE). But even that is something I would be very cautious about. Fundamental question when...
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    PSFB converter with resonance phenomenon

    An example waveform would be helpful in describing the problem. Could be that you just need RC snubbers across the output diodes.
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    Bode plot

    I'd be very cautious about shields and/or filters to the injection transformer. One of the fundamental assumptions of this method of measurement is that the injection transformer does not affect the loop transfer function at all. The more stuff you add, the more likely you are to violate this...
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    [SOLVED] Air dielectric strength for high power patch antenna

    30V/mil is equivalent to 2000kV/m. So your measured field of 30kV/m should be fine. Or did you measure 30kV per mil instead of 30kV per meter?
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    Question about impedance matching

    Yes, sometimes transmission lines are desirable, like for making couplers or splitters/combiners. For example if I want to make a wilkinson splitter for operation at 1MHz, I'm not going to use 50m of transmission line for the quarter wavelength branches. I'll use a compact LC circuit instead...
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    [SOLVED] Air dielectric strength for high power patch antenna

    Typical dielectric strength of air is 3000kV/m, not 30KV/m. You should be fine.
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    Question about impedance matching

    I've never heard the term "reactive matching". "Artificial transmission line" likely refers to a lumped element transmission line, i.e. a group of inductors/capacitors meant to behave like a transmission line.
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    90 degree phase shifter for a sine wave with variable frequency

    Ok this changes everything. Use a function generator with two outputs, and use it to directly generate the phase shifted output (with the frequency/amplitude of one output locked to the other). This is something that any decent function generator with multiple outputs should be capable of...
  9. M

    Extended range for TL431 voltage reference

    I can see the intent of the circuit, but also would guess doing the subtraction after attenuating the battery voltage would be the better approach. It comes down to comparing different sources of error. Would need to do a fairly sophisticated analysis with realistic component models to really...
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    [SOLVED] What is Deep class AB?

    Probably just a slang term for using a conduction angle close to 180 degrees. Not very useful slang IMO.
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    90 degree phase shifter for a sine wave with variable frequency

    facepalm This is why FvM clearly asked if a differential phase shift was acceptable. The short answer is no, there's no way to create broadband phase shift with analog circuits. However in practice there is probably no need to do so. If you explained why you need this phase shift and what...
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    90 degree phase shifter for a sine wave with variable frequency

    1. The filter order n is the number of opamp stages in each branch. In this case you've chosen n=3 2. The number of paths is 2, no matter what. The 90 degree phase difference appears between the outputs of the two paths. 3. Referring to the figure you posted, the values of R1 and R2 have nothing...
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    90 degree phase shifter for a sine wave with variable frequency

    Passband ripple can be decreased by increasing the order of the filter (i.e. more RC stages), but some amount of ripple is unavoidable (both amplitude and phase). How much is tolerable determines the minimum order of the filter (along with the bandwidth).
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    Bode plot

    LTspice does have their own way of deriving bode plots automatically from transient simulations, they call it the FRA. It's not as nice as PSS with Cadence Spectre, but is better than manually stepping excitation frequency. 1742908302 As others have already said, you need a scope with an...
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    TPS61088 - Cannot get enough current

    Sounds like you should do some basic measurements on the actual circuit: 1. Verify the switching frequency is what you expect 2. Check the Vin pin voltage waveform. Even a few tens of milliohms of source resistance might be causing Vin to dip into UVLO territory.

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