Tuesday 17 March 2015

operational amplifier - Precise Full-wave rectification


I've been for quite some time now, trying to create a precise full-wave rectification of a signal coming from a CT sensor SCT-013-030.


Here's the circuit:


schematic


simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab


Now, actually the 7805 voltage regulator is also providing regulated power supply to the remaining of the circuit, which is basically a XBee that's activating a given relay. If you feel it's required I'll update the post.


I first started by doing only a half-wave rectification. So I hadn't even the second op-amp in place, and the following was being displayed in the scope:


Yellow waveform is Vin, Blue waveform is V1


Basically the yellow waveform is Vin, blue waveform is V1. I must say that, considering the resistors (the same 10K at 1%), I can't actually understand that voltage boost.


When I try to apply the Full-wave rectification I get this:



precise Full-wave rectification


Here's a zoomed screenshot of the last scope image:


Full-wave Zoomed


I would probably say that I must first understand why am I getting such a boosted voltage on the output, while doing only a half-wave rectification.


The input signal is around 50hz. Another thing is that the bridge rectifier is actually a 4 diodes set up.




So, after compiling all the great comments and answers I tried to implement all the suggestions. And I must say that I'm rather confused.


Here's the current circuit. Note that I left out the AC/DC conversion to simplify:


schematic


simulate this circuit



As a first approach I decided to do the full rectification, but without the dual power supply. For visibility purposes I've increased the power being used on the power cord being measured:


SIngle power supply


Afterward I've implemented the dual power supply making use of a inverting regulator ICL7660CPAZ, I got the following:


dual power supply


And last by not least I've disconnected whatever was attached to the power cord, and got this funky wave form:


At lower power


I'm completely lost here...




So, I have to conclude that the problem is with my implementation of the precise full-wave rectifier. Even if the schematics that I'm presenting here, make sense, I'm problably not implementing it correctly.


So, bare it with me... but I feel compelled to post my breadboard image, because sincerely I'm out of ideas... the next step is to buy a different op-amp...



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Let me know if you can see anything terribly wrong... needless to say that I've rebuilt the same circuit 3 different times...




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