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Old 4th Mar 2005, 11:24 am   #39
oldeurope
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Default Re: Multi-Channel VHF Modulator Design

Hi,

it is not the noise from the DC that makes an NPN a better choise.
With your biasing the output resistance is max 7 Ohms.

There is an other problem.
After this stage the DC restorer followes.
There goes a high current through the 10nF at the sync tips.
So you must make sure that there is a strong source to pull
down!
A NPN emitter follower is a strong source to pull up and
a PNP emitter follower is a strong source to pull down.
This is a very importand aspect.

In your case the 470 Ohms makes the pull down.
So if you have a DC restorer as a load and a negative sync
it is better to take a PNP !!!

The output resistance of the emitter follower should be as low
as possible to make sure that the sync will not be damaged
or gets a level reduce.

You placed a 180 Ohms at the output of the emitter follower
and this will be added to the output resistance.

In front of the DC restorer this is a bad mistake. It is a DC restorer
not a sync separator!!!

There are a lot of commercial modulators that makes trouble at the top of
the picture because of sync level changes and other mistakes
caused by a wrong driven DC restorer.

I hope I was able to show you that there is a big difference in
the use of a PNP or NPN emitter follower.
In this case the PNP is the better one.

Kind regards
Darius

Last edited by oldeurope; 4th Mar 2005 at 11:33 am. Reason: grammar
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