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Step Down Voltage Circuit at High Frequency (MHz)

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Hello everyone,

I have a 13.56 MHz signal value between 80-100 V. I need to translate these voltages to 0-5 V for my microcontroller with the highest resolution. I understand that I can step down the voltage using a transformer. However, I would like to know an analog circuit example in which I can use instead a transformer.

Many thanks in advance.
 

translating the range 80 to 100 V to the range 0 to 5 V can be done with a pair of resistors.

since the input is 80 to 100, and the output is 0 to 5,
you want to multiply the signal by 0.25 and subtract 20 V
this can be accomplished by careful implementation of a summing junction
using an op amp (if the power is available)

you'll need a good quality reference to source the 20V subtraction
and probably 0.1% resistors

what power is available to operate the circuits?

what temperature range will this operate under?
the larger the range, the more important the temperature coefficient becomes

i assume you want to digitize the signal
you wrote "the highest resolution" - 10 bit? 12 bit? 24 bit?
how many bits does your microcontroller A to D converter have?
 
translating the range 80 to 100 V to the range 0 to 5 V can be done with a pair of resistors.

since the input is 80 to 100, and the output is 0 to 5,
you want to multiply the signal by 0.25 and subtract 20 V
this can be accomplished by careful implementation of a summing junction
using an op amp (if the power is available)

you'll need a good quality reference to source the 20V subtraction
and probably 0.1% resistors

what power is available to operate the circuits?

what temperature range will this operate under?
the larger the range, the more important the temperature coefficient becomes

i assume you want to digitize the signal
you wrote "the highest resolution" - 10 bit? 12 bit? 24 bit?
how many bits does your microcontroller A to D converter have?

It is a RF application. Actually, when I say "high resolution" I mean that the sine wave between the range 0-5 V needs to be clear (no noise). Like I said, it is a RF application, the TI microcontroller receives an analog signal, I do not need to pay attention on A/D converter or something like this. So do you think that a par of resistors can be a possible solution?

Thanks much for your quite reply.
 

Hi,

The very most scope probes use resistors as voltage dividers...plus a variable capacitor to adjust for high frequency.

Noise is one thing... here resistors are not bad.
Distortion is the other thing, here the resistors may be better compared with transformers.

I vote for a resistive divider.

Klaus
 
highest resolution

An expanded scale meter is handy to help achieve this. It does not start to read upscale until the source reaches a threshold voltage. Install a zener diode inline with your source. Thus an 80V zener subtracts 80 from your 80-100V range. Creating 0 to 20V output.
Then divide it down with a resistor network so you get output under 5V.

zener makes expanded scale meter 80-100V source to 0-5V out.png

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If an 80V zener diode is unavailable, it can be assembled from two or more zeners/ led's/ diodes.

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Or suppose you have a 15V zener diode, and can accept a 1-4.4 V output range. The job can be done by putting the resistor divider first, and finagling with resistor values:

expanded scale resis divid then 15V zener 80-100V source to 1-4V out.png
 
An expanded scale meter is handy to help achieve this. It does not start to read upscale until the source reaches a threshold voltage. Install a zener diode inline with your source. Thus an 80V zener subtracts 80 from your 80-100V range. Creating 0 to 20V output.
Then divide it down with a resistor network so you get output under 5V.

View attachment 157644

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If an 80V zener diode is unavailable, it can be assembled from two or more zeners/ led's/ diodes.

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Or suppose you have a 15V zener diode, and can accept a 1-4.4 V output range. The job can be done by putting the resistor divider first, and finagling with resistor values:

View attachment 157645

Looks very interesting this solution. Is it enough for high frequency (13.56 MHz)? Thanks much for your support.
 

Previous threads of yours suggests a RFID application (small band, AC only). In this case a pure capacitive divider could be used as well.

The best solution would be chosen depending on the source and load impedance, which isn't yet known.
 
Looks very interesting this solution. Is it enough for high frequency (13.56 MHz)? Thanks much for your support.

My simulation portrays a concept although it may require changes to adapt it to your project. Example, I don't know whether every zener is able to respond properly to 13 MHz.
 
Hi,

I agree.
Standard zeners suffer from high parallel capacitance and thus I doubt they are useful for 13MHz applications.

Klaus
 
LED voltage drop is not constant. Putting them in series will yield a changing voltage drop.

resistor divider with capacitor for frequency or capacitor divider are best bet
 
Is this for extracting the data bits in an RFID reader for passive RFID tags?
In that case I think you only are interested in the changes in peak voltage.
An envelope detector with AC coupling to the microcontroller is probably better than scaling down the voltage to 5V. The changes in the peak voltage can be very small.
 
Is this for extracting the data bits in an RFID reader for passive RFID tags?
In that case I think you only are interested in the changes in peak voltage.
An envelope detector with AC coupling to the microcontroller is probably better than scaling down the voltage to 5V. The changes in the peak voltage can be very small.

Yeah, I need to identify if there is a tag in the field or not. I have a TI reader and signal back from the antenna needs to be less than 5V and clear (no noise).
 

Normally the reader is detecting tag presence by decoding the load modulation. It's very sensitive by operating in sync with the carrier.

Why do you want to detect tag load modulation on your own, not utilizing the reader receiver channel? To process the coil voltage with an uP ADC, you need to rectify the RF.
 
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