[time-nuts] Noise and non-linear behaviour of ferrite transformers

[Tim Shoppa]

Common mode choke works fine for RF, hard to reject 60Hz ground loop
currents using ferrites. (Although there is a website I found once where
the guy shows an entire bucket of miscellaneous ferrites cobbled together
for a common mode choke!) For a DC-to-daylight instrument that is suffering
60Hz artifacts as a result of ground loops, 60Hz+harmonic reject filters
seem appropriate and I've seen implemented in both digital and analog
domains.

For DC-only digital instruments it is common to choose a sampling frequency
to reject 60Hz noise. This was being done in the 70's with the very first
bench DMM's so I'm sure the patents have expired by now.

Tim.


On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> The simple way to take care of the coax shield issue is to use a common
> mode choke.
>
> Bob
>
> On Jul 20, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:
>
> > Moin,
> >
> > On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:41:44 -0700
> > "John Miles" <john at miles.io> wrote:
> >
> >> I often find that when I use coaxial baluns to cut down on ground loop
> >> noise, I end up with more noise and interference than I started with.
>  Not
> >> always, but often enough that I'm leery of them.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Thanks for the explanation. Now everything makes a lot more sense!
> >
> > If i understood you correctly, then the right thing to do would be
> > either to use triax (single core, two isolated shields) with the inner
> > shield as the ground point for the balun, while the outer shield is
> > connected to the transformers shield or left open. Or alternativelly
> > use some differntial, shielded cable.
> >
> > Apropos: does anyone know how "good" Cat5e/Cat6 cable is for timing
> > applications? Ie, how large is the phase shift on bending or temperature
> > and humidity change?
> >
> >                               Attila Kinali
> >
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