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Inductance Meter With 1nH Resolution

This document summarizes an inductance meter that can measure with 1nH resolution. The meter operates by forcing a constant 100kHz sinusoidal current through the inductor being measured and measuring the quadrature voltage generated across it. This voltage leads the current by 90 degrees. The amplitude of the quadrature voltage is recovered through synchronous demodulation using a 90 degree phase-shifted version of the current as a reference. The output is then integrated, canceling the out-of-phase components and adding the in-phase components to create a signal proportional to the peak amplitude of the in-phase component. The inductance range is 1nH to 1mH.

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Inductance Meter With 1nH Resolution

This document summarizes an inductance meter that can measure with 1nH resolution. The meter operates by forcing a constant 100kHz sinusoidal current through the inductor being measured and measuring the quadrature voltage generated across it. This voltage leads the current by 90 degrees. The amplitude of the quadrature voltage is recovered through synchronous demodulation using a 90 degree phase-shifted version of the current as a reference. The output is then integrated, canceling the out-of-phase components and adding the in-phase components to create a signal proportional to the peak amplitude of the in-phase component. The inductance range is 1nH to 1mH.

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Inductance meter with 1nH

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Iulian Rosu, VA3IUL / YO3DAC
The principle of this inductance meter is simple. The meter operates by
forcing a constant 100kHz sinusoidal current through the inductor (Lx) and
measuring the magnitude of the uadrature !oltage generated across it. This
!oltage leads the current by "0#. The amplitude of the uadrature component
of the !oltage across Lx may be reco!ered by synchronous demodulation$
%ith the demodulator&s reference signal pro!ided by a '"0# phase(shifted
!ersion of the current source signal. )hen the demodulator output is
integrated$ the out(of(phase components cancel and the in(phase
(uadrature)components add to create a *+ signal %hich is proportional to the
peack amplitude of the in(phase component.
The reference sine %a!e is generated by a 100kHz crystal oscillator using a
gate of an +*,011.This reference is used by the demodulator and after
amplitude scaling by the range s%itch$ to the !oltage(controlled current
source$ %hich dri!es the inductor.
The currents through inductor is lo% enough to not cause saturation of
sensiti!e ferrite core. -0m. pk/pk on -00nH and -uH ranges$ and -00u. on
the -mH range. The !oltage generated across inductor is amplified by t%o
amplifiers$ separated by a range s%itch attenuator. This amplifiers are part of a
TL00,.
The synchronous demodulation is performed by 1+1,"2$ an 34 double
balanced modulator/demodulator. The phase(shifted reference signal through a
passi!e 3L+ net%ork$ dri!es the top differential pairs into saturation$ %hile
the bottom differential pair is dri!en linearly by the amplified signal 5x$
across Lx. )hen the reference signal is the same freuency as 5x (across Lx)
and is saturating the top pairs$ the output of the demodulator is a function of
the amplitude and phase of 5x. The output of 1+1,"2 is used differentially to
a!oid *+ drift problems$ is filtered and dri!es the digital !oltmeter. The range
of the inductance meter is 1nH to -mH.
Home http://www.qsl.net/va3iul/
References:
1. RF Design Magazine, 1987-2000
2. ARRL Handboo, 1980-2000

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