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Nilesh Patel

Post subject: RF To DC COnverter

Unread postPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:35 am

I have a VHF & UHF TV Transmitters which produce 500W. I run this through bi-directional coupler. I need a circuit that will take RF signal in VHF & UHF band and produce 0 to10 VDC adjustable. Any ideas or sources.

Thank you very much

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Michael

Post subject: RF to DC Convertor

Unread postPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:47 am

Good day. Check out both Analog Devices and Linear Technology. I believe they both make an IC that does RF to DC. They might not have the DC voltage range that you want, but you should be able to scale it.

Good Luck

Michael

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Guest

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Unread postPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:48 am

I designed a similar circuit using a Analog Device's AD8010. You will need to couple >60db from your signal. You will have to scale the output.

It seems the detector is the easy part of this circuit, what are you going to use for a coupler?

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Unread postPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:49 am

A correction to my previous post, I used an Analog Device part AD8310.

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