How Speed Up The Response For Transistor

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Do anyone can suggest how to speed up the transistor output responses? I having the problem of the large delay from LOW to HIGH and HIGH to LOW
 

Since I have no idea what the circuit is that you testing, I can only guess at the problem. Post your circuit diagram with all component values.
 

The input is a high voltage pulse signal, I would like convert it into TTL signal so the microcontroller can capture the pulse width.



I use optocoupler to isolated the the high voltage signal.
 

If the output waveform shown above is the output of an optocoupler then you need to change the optocoupler only... For faster response, you should use high speed optocoupler like 6N137 & this is not a transistor. Its a photo transistor & there is a lot of different between these two.

Try to ask questions with full details (Clear circuit diagram, requirement, clear part number, etc..) & you can get more clear answers...
 

You can also significantly speed up the response of the opto-copupler by adding a resistor from the base connection to ground (suggest you try 4.7K to 10K) but it will also reduce the sensitivity. If you have enough LED current this isn't a problem.

Brian.
 

The circuit doesn't show any power connections, but I assume there must be some! It is difficult to see the timebase of the waveforms but they seem incredibly slow, even for high resistors.

Keith
 

If the high voltage signal and the microcontroller share the same ground, you don't need an opto-isolator, just a resistive divider to reduce the voltage. You can place a small capacitor across the top resistor in the divider to speed up the response if you need to.
 

With the schematic that the original poster provided, the positive pulse that is applied to the optocoupler's anode is the the same as connected to optocoupler's collector.
 

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