<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den tors 31 okt. 2019 13:02 <<a href="mailto:rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk">rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk</a>> skrev:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">... Although most SMPSU <br>
output noise is well above the audio band where it can't be heard <br>
directly, it has the potential to makes it's presence audible by some <br>
strange effects. For instance, consider a standard saw-core analogue <br>
VCO, based around an expo-converter feeding an integrator that is reset <br>
periodically by a comparator. This circuit normally performs very well <br>
in an RF-free environment. Now think what might happen if you introduce <br>
noise in the form of a 200kHz pulse train of tiny RF pulses. You won't <br>
hear the 200kHz directly. That much we know. But those little pulses <br>
could easily find their way onto the output of the integrator due to <br>
poor PSRR of the integrator op-amp, or they could find their way onto <br>
the reference voltage for the comparator. If you get tiny pulses <br>
present at the inputs of the comparator, then the comparator is likely <br>
to trip early and terminate the integrator's charging cycle early. The <br>
effect of this is a shift upwards in pitch!!! Likewise if RF hash finds <br>
it's way into the highly non-linear expo-converter circuit, it's likely <br>
to also cause a shift in pitch. So in summary, I wouldn't be at all <br>
suprised if RF hash from a poorly filtered SMPSU made an analogue VCO <br>
play out of tune, even though the average supply voltage is fine, and <br>
there's no audible ripple on the supply itself. This is how I think <br>
problems would manifest themselves. <br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Aha, unstable VCO even if its reset mechanism is "not dependent on the supply voltages"! :-O</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks for the meaty post, Richie. :-)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">/mr</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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