[sdiy] Simple circuit challenge: |a-b|

[houshu at muj.biglobe.ne.jp]

Hello Rutger and List,

Here is my solution.

|a-b| = Max(a,b) - min(a,b).

If output offset is acceptable, we can omit D5, D6, and R7.
Impedance of inputs should be low.  When one of inputs is open, output 
is a little distorted.

Sam HOSHUYAMA
Kawasaki, Japan.

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件名: [sdiy] Simple circuit challenge: |a-b|

Dear list,

while hobbying on an experimental design, I'm looking for a simple 
analog circuit to give me the absolute value of the difference between 
two signals (mathematically written as |a-b|).


I already have a working circuit, but it's rather big for my needs. It 
uses an inverting opamp to invert signal A, followed by a bog-standard 
full wave precision rectifier circuit where -A and B are summed together 
and being rectified. The total is 3 opamps, 2 diodes and 9 resistors. As 
I need to repeat the circuit many times in the final application, I'm 
wondering: is there anything simpler that can do this?


Requirements:
- working across full audio range
- distortion as consequence of diode drops is no problem (might even be 
beneficial!)


Many thanks for any suggestions!


Regards,


Rutger
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