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Offline Muhammad NasarTopic starter

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AC current measurement problem
« on: June 06, 2013, 09:46:08 am »
I am working on a circuit to read AC voltages and AC current value through a micro controller for which i have made the following front end circuit. The voltage measurement doesn't have any problem, but the current measurement through 1 ohm shunt resistor is giving asymmetrical waveform rather than a sinusoidal one, one thing i have observed that if I place the shunt resistor at the low side then this problem does not occur!
schematic is attached.
suggest me a solution.
 

Offline Andy Watson

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Re: AC current measurement problem
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2013, 10:30:51 am »
When you put the 1R in the high side the common mode voltage exceeds the range of the op-amp (several times over). Consider the voltage that appears on the positive input of the first op-amp (pin 3?), I make it about 115 V rms, or 160 Vpeak. Under these conditions the op-amps no longer behave as you expect.
 

Offline Paul Price

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Re: AC current measurement problem
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2013, 11:08:51 am »
Andy has got it right, you are overloading the inputs of the op-amp because of the common-mode voltage.
 

Offline Muhammad NasarTopic starter

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Re: AC current measurement problem
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2013, 12:43:40 pm »
Thanks a lot, guys.
 


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