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VoltageControlledVolumecircuit
hisvolumecontrolcircuitoffersanunusualapproachtothewellknown
problemofdistortioninactivedeviceattenuators.Thezerooutputinthis
caseisobtainedbyallowingequalsignalsofoppositephasetocancel
eachother.
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R1

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R2

33k

R3

2.2k

R4

2.2k

R5

56k

R6

56k

R7

220k

R8

100k

R9

2.7k

R10

1k

VR1

1k

VR2

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C1

1F16V

C2

100F16V

C3

4.7F16V

C4

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C5

47F16V

C6

4.7F16V

T1

BF245

T2

BC109

T3

BC109

Theinputtransistoroperatesasaconcertinaphasesplitter,producing
equalamplitudeoppositephasevoltagesatitscollectorandemitter.The
twosignalscanbebroughtintocompletecancellation,atthesumming
point,bymeansofpresetp1.Theharmoniccontentofthetwosignalsis
verysmall,butnotquiteidentical.
Therewillthereforeactuallybeanevensmallerdistortionoutputatthe
nominallyzeropoint.
Ifsomethingnowhappenstotheamplituderatioofthesignalsatthe
summingpoint,therewillbeoutputpassedtothebufferstage.The
necessaryunbalanceisachievedbymeansoftheJFETandcapacitorC2.
ThegatebiasontheFETissetbytheDCcontrolvoltageappliedtopoint
A.WiththisvoltageclosetozerotheFETwillbecutoff,sothattheabove
mentionedcancellationtakesplace.Asthisvoltageisincreasedtherewill
comeapointatwhichthechannelstartstobleedoffACcollectorcurrent
fromthesplitterthiswillupsetthebalanceandsocauseanoutputsignal
toappear.ThemoreconductivetheFET,Themoreoutput.Unfortunately,
themorechannelcurrentthereflowsthelowerwillbenegativegatebias
andsothegreaterwillbethedistortionoftheregulatedsumming
component.

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Thetrickisnowtoemployonlyamoderatedegreeofunbalancesothat
theFEToperatesatlowdistortionpercentages.Theprocessishelped
alsobythealwayspresentcleansummingcomponent.Thebufferstage
providesgain,sothatasufficientoutputlevelisobtained.TheCircuits
frequencyresponseextendsfrom50Hzto35kHz(3dBpoints).Theinput
voltageshouldbelimitedto100mVpp:theoutputcanbevariedfrom0
to1Vpp(byusingtheappropriaterangeforthecontrolvoltageatA).

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forexrobotsays:
February24,2010at4:47pm

nicepost.thanks.

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