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Using MOSFET as a switch in analog circuit (Analog/Digital ground issue)

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Hello,

I stucked during my project looking for proper solution. From simplified schematic below, L1 and L2 are my antenna (L1 = L2 and L_antenna = L1 + L2), and I want to switch tuning capacitance with my two N-MOSFETs driven by digital logic. Digital logic is supplied from same antenna circuit with full-bridge rectifier, however now the issues appears. I can't directly connect antenna virtual ground to digital ground in that layout. I'd like to avoid using two half-wave rectifier due to lower voltage amplitude in that solution. Do you have any clue how can I drive MOSFETs with that kind of layout or how to solve it other way?

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Hi,

Depending on the current drawn by the logic side, if it's in the low milliamp range maybe you could use an **broken link removed** instead of the diode only bridge rectifier.

You can cut "defensive" horseshoe shapes around the MOSFET pins that concern you to sort of isolate noisy return paths from the main ground (and therefore antenna ground), if that's what you mean, or make a horrendous slit across almost all of the middle of the board or wherever is appropriate to "separate" both sections, ...but nowadays I don't think analog and digital grounds are really separated that much.

I imagine if one looked hard enough, one may find op amp circuits that create a virtual ground, but not so sure about this last suggestion being factual.
 

I suppose a misunderstanding. The rectifier is obviously providing the power supply of a RFID tag. No other supply available, OP rectifier isn't an option.

Capacitive coupling of AC1 and AC2 can be a solution.
 
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A common thing is to use a very resistive gate drive
network and let the DC level ride with the FET
capacitances, making a neat little RF switch. The
common mode needs to be at ground if you want
to (say) control with 0 - 2.5V signal and a NMOS
switch. So you capacitor-block somewhere.

Check out RF SOI CMOS switches. Hope you're
doing this on SOI, or at really low amplitudes
where all of those other nasty diodes don't play.
 

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