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Phase Difference of Sine Waves

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Hi
Im trying to do some basic AC power measurment 240V AC 50Hz.

I have a Current Transformer and a Voltage Transformer and I want to measure the phase difference between the two signals.

I need to do this with just an analogue circuit as it needs to be very fast.

Anyone know of a simple way to acheive this???

Thanks In advance for your help
Maz
 

The simplest way is to connect the two transformer outputs to an oscilloscope. A two channel scope triggered on one of the inputs would show the phase difference as the time difference between zero crossings. At 60 Hz, a one degree phase difference corresponds to a time difference of about 46 microseconds. If you put one signal on the vertical and one on the horizontal, you would get a Lissajous pattern from which the phase diffference can be calculated. A simple circuit would be an analog multiplier. The output of the multiplier is a sine wave at twice the input frequency and a DC value proportional to the sine of the phase difference between the two inputs. The 120 Hz signal can be filtered out by a low pass filter leaving only the DC term. For small phase differences (up to about 30 degrees) depending the required accuracy, the output DC will be directly proportional to the phase difference.
 

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