{"id":262,"date":"2022-08-22T23:35:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/?p=262"},"modified":"2022-08-22T23:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:35:15","slug":"80db-noise-preamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"80dB Noise Preamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Github: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ryanzheng97\/noise-amp\">https:\/\/github.com\/ryanzheng97\/noise-amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A very high gain (80db or x10000) differential AC signal amplifier (LNA, pre-amplifier, noise amplifier, etc.) board based on EEVBlog community design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eevblog.com\/forum\/beginners\/question-about-preamp-for-measuring-noise\/msg98285\/#msg98285\">Original Post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sch-1920x1358.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sch-1920x1358.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sch-720x509.png 720w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sch-256x181.png 256w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sch-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sch-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sch-2048x1449.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Board is a 100x100mm 4-layer PCB which falls into the cheap sample tier at JLCPCB or PCBWay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0410.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0410.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0410-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0410-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0410-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0410-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0411.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0411-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0411-256x192.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0411-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC_0411-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"specs\">Specs<\/h1>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Gain: 80db nominal<\/li><li>Bandwidth: &lt;= 1MHz<\/li><li>Power: +-18 to 35VDC, unregulated<\/li><li>Connector: SMA for signal input and output, 2.54mm THT pads for power input.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Test was done with a 1M to 100R resistor divider in front of the input. Signal was a single-ended sine wave, so one of the input is shorted to ground. Channel 3 shows original signal before resistor divider. Channel 1 shows amplified output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noise is about 20mVRMS on the output with input shorted to ground, so about 2uVRMS equivalent input noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1436\" data-id=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1658316733987.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1658316733987.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1658316733987-720x539.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1658316733987-256x191.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1658316733987-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1658316733987-1536x1149.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes\">Notes<\/h1>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use high quality electrolytic capacitors<\/li><li>Keep away from transformers and other magnetic interference<\/li><li>You can replace op-amps with other models that you have or like<\/li><li>Avoid ground loop when using<\/li><li>Ground one input if using single-ended<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very high gain (80db or x10000) differential AC signal amplifier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,23,10],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","tag-hw","tag-pcb","tag-writeup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ddzheng.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}