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Old 1st Dec 2017, 4:50 pm   #24
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Default Re: Interesting Armstrong AM detector circuit.

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Originally Posted by Argus25 View Post
The cure for this problem is to drive the detector with a current source rather than a voltage source. This is elegantly explained by Horowitz & Hill, with an example circuit which converts the incoming modulated RF voltage to a current source to drive the detector diodes.
Please tell me where this can be found. I have an early copy of "The art of electronics" and also the third edition.

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