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Re: bad, better delay circuits

From John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: bad, better delay circuits
Date 2017-03-18 19:44 -0700
Organization highland technology
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On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 13:36:13 +1100, Clifford Heath
<no.spam@please.net> wrote:

>On 19/03/17 04:04, John Larkin wrote:
>>
>>
>> We want to trim the rising edge times of some pulses. The obvious
>> circuit is a current source + capacitor linear ramp followed by a
>> comparator.
>>
>> The first circuit here was the initial idea, seems simple, until I
>> started thinking harder.
>>
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53724080/Circuits/Timing/Delay_Bad_Good.JPG
>>
>> BSS123 is about the best compromise between capacitance and ON
>> resistance, and we have it. The two problems here are
>>
>> the g-d capacitance of Q1 shoots an ugly negative spike into C1 at
>> ramp start
>
>You could ditch the inverter for a flip-flop, and add a coupling
>capacitor from /Q to cancel the g-d capacitance spike... as long
>as you could get close enough tolerance to match it.

That sort of thing is always tricky. To keep the ramp from wobbling at
the start, the charge injections would have to be time aligned. The
diode is a lot easier.


-- 

John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc

lunatic fringe electronics 

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bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-18 10:04 -0700
  Re: bad, better delay circuits Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-18 12:29 -0700
    Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-18 16:15 -0700
      Re: bad, better delay circuits Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-18 19:08 -0700
  Re: bad, better delay circuits "Tim Williams" <tiwill@seventransistorlabs.com> - 2017-03-18 17:02 -0500
    Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-18 16:25 -0700
      Re: bad, better delay circuits rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 19:40 -0400
        Re: bad, better delay circuits dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2017-03-19 10:42 -0700
          Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-19 15:37 -0700
            Re: bad, better delay circuits "Tim Williams" <tiwill@seventransistorlabs.com> - 2017-03-19 22:24 -0500
              Re: bad, better delay circuits dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2017-03-20 08:58 -0700
                Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-20 09:42 -0700
                Re: bad, better delay circuits Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2017-03-20 23:55 -0800
                Re: bad, better delay circuits "Tim Williams" <tiwill@seventransistorlabs.com> - 2017-03-21 00:46 -0500
              Re: bad, better delay circuits bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-03-21 22:54 -0700
                Re: bad, better delay circuits "Tim Williams" <tiwill@seventransistorlabs.com> - 2017-03-22 02:10 -0500
          Re: bad, better delay circuits rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-19 18:47 -0400
            Re: bad, better delay circuits Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-20 09:55 +1100
              Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-19 16:12 -0700
      Re: bad, better delay circuits "Tim Williams" <tiwill@seventransistorlabs.com> - 2017-03-19 10:32 -0500
  Re: bad, better delay circuits Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-19 13:36 +1100
    Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-18 19:44 -0700
      Re: bad, better delay circuits Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-19 15:58 +1100
        Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-19 15:43 -0700
          Re: bad, better delay circuits Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-19 17:54 -0700
            Re: bad, better delay circuits Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-20 12:44 +1100
              Re: bad, better delay circuits Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-20 12:22 -0700
                Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-20 15:49 -0700
  Re: bad, better delay circuits whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> - 2017-03-18 23:51 -0700
    Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-19 08:22 -0700
  Re: bad, better delay circuits George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-20 17:55 -0700
  Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-22 08:54 -0700
    Re: bad, better delay circuits JM <dontreplytothis173@gmail.com> - 2017-03-22 16:02 +0000
      Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-22 09:47 -0700
    Re: bad, better delay circuits Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-03-22 10:31 -0700
      Re: bad, better delay circuits John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-22 10:52 -0700

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