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|    Re: Mystery transformer    |
|    31 Oct 12 23:52:17    |
      From: phil_a@tpg.com.au              "GRe"        "Phil Allison"       >       >> You need a THD meter to make sense of what matters and what does not.       >>       >       > Input f/V/THD Output THD (600ohm terminated)       >       > 1kHz/1.0V/0.075% 0.082%       > 1kHz/3.6V/0.086% 0.101%       >       > 3.6V is the max. output for the audio generator.                     ** You need to use a much lower frequency.               Transformer non linearity is concentrated at the low end of the audio       band.                     > Can one simply substract THD Out/In numbers to gain THD for the       > transformer only?                     ** To a rough approximation only.              The figures quoted above suggest the tranny is adding almost nothing.              PLUS it is crucial the source impedance be low - like 50 or 100 ohms.              Easy way is to use one channel of a good hi-fi amplifier to buffer the       output of the generator and drop the impedance to near zero.                     .... Phil              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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