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need help to amplify microvolt AC.

salman34
salman34 over 5 years ago

Hi. I am student doing some research work , I am stuck in something.  I want to convert microvolt AC that i get from some sensor , i want to amplify it upto 5V DC so i can make relation with input and gain.

 

i tried many circuit and modules but microvolt is very less for them to work. so i need help if anyone give any suggestion.

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  • dougw
    dougw over 5 years ago +2
    What frequency is the signal? You will need a very low noise amplifier, probably more than one stage.
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 5 years ago +2
    More information is needed. What kind of sensor, what frequency range of signals ? shabaz posted what might be a helpful article: Building a Measurement Amplifier MK
  • gordonmx
    gordonmx over 5 years ago +2
    I would be more interested in what issue(s) Ahmed has seen. If it is electrical noise pickup the input impedance may be too high or he may have to put a metal can around the circuit. If noise is being…
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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 5 years ago

    Out of curiosity this is what I see with a 1kHz 100uVp-p signal and the single-stage x 200 amplifier from here:

    Building a Measurement Amplifier

     

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    I had to string a lot of ferrites on the coax though. It will be nice to put a common-mode choke in the next iteration of the design, but not sure how to do that yet, since the BNC is connected to the enclosure. There are some plastic BNC connectors, so that could be worth experimenting with. I might put the land pattern for a choke on the board, but could be just jumpered across if a plastic connector is not available/used.

     

    The problem-solver:

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    EDIT: Maybe I should put a land pattern for allowing a twisted-pair cable connector like XLR to be used optionally if BNC is not desired.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 5 years ago

    Out of curiosity this is what I see with a 1kHz 100uVp-p signal and the single-stage x 200 amplifier from here:

    Building a Measurement Amplifier

     

    image

     

     

    I had to string a lot of ferrites on the coax though. It will be nice to put a common-mode choke in the next iteration of the design, but not sure how to do that yet, since the BNC is connected to the enclosure. There are some plastic BNC connectors, so that could be worth experimenting with. I might put the land pattern for a choke on the board, but could be just jumpered across if a plastic connector is not available/used.

     

    The problem-solver:

    image

     

    EDIT: Maybe I should put a land pattern for allowing a twisted-pair cable connector like XLR to be used optionally if BNC is not desired.

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  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 5 years ago in reply to shabaz

    That looks like about 10uV pk-pk noise, ie about 1.5uV RMS - which I think is about what your amp measured when you blogged it.

     

    @ Ahmed, if that signal looks very noisy to you, don't despair - if the bandwidth is reduced the noise can be reduced as well.

     

    MK

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