[time-nuts] Phase noise measurement (was - no subject)
Bob Camp
lists at rtty.us
Sat Aug 21 19:04:29 UTC 2010
Hi
There are a number of articles on the web detailing the art of getting one of these to work. Since it's broad band feedback you need to be a little careful with the layout and the transformer.
Bob
On Aug 21, 2010, at 2:50 PM, "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
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> On Aug 21, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> I suspect you will have to hand wind the magnetics.
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> Ah, bummer. I thought that the two 1:5 transformers specified in the patent might be realized with this part for an amplifier for use at 10 MHz only:
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> http://minicircuits.com/pdfs/TT25-1.pdf
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> However, I got the feeling that autotransformer L1 might need some odd turns ratio to get the impedance matching right.
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> Am I anywhere close to making sense, or am I still droolingly clueless? :)
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>> The 5109 was still in production last time I shopped for them.
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> I didn't find them at Digi-Key, but I just looked at Mouser and found them still available, made by Central Semiconductor:
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> http://www.centralsemi.com/PDFs/products/2n5109.pdf
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> I'm so accustomed to tiny surface-mount stuff in my day job, that I'm always surprised to find anything through-hole still in production!
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