Three phase sine wave amplitude control

Jul 11, 2006 3 Replies

Hi all, I want to control the amplitude of 3 phase sine wave via following option:


  1. With help of PGA(programmable gain amplifiers) with good resolution

2.with analog switch & resistor network

I know in both ways it is possible, bt i wanna know in which way it will be less costly n provide best resolution of gain.(PGA & analog switches both r costly)



I m generation three phase sine wave by analog Quad DAC... kindely suggest any new idea to solve this issue.. regards, pravin



I have done a similar thing, but I simply implemented the amplitude control in the processor because I already had a numeric angle control signal. If you have an external angle control signal maybe you can digitize it and feed it into your processor (assuming you use some kind of controller).

--DF

As Deefoo pointed out, if you're generating your sine wave by a processor, why not do the multiply internally?

Multiplying DACs can be quite inexpensive. With a bit of thinking you can make them two-quadrant devices, and have your 'analog switch & resistor network' in a package for less than two bucks from Digi-Key.

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