Re: LF: TX converter for 137 kHz, help needed

["James Moritz" <james.moritz@btopenworld.com>]

Dear Stefan, LF Group,

> > > So what is missed in my circuit is the allpass network that makes a 90
> > > deg delay of the input signal.
> > ...Unless the software generates I/Q outputs from the sound card L/R 
> > stereo outputs.
> Why? The design Andy shows has a mono audio input. This is what i am 
> searching for :-)
That was just an incidental remark - it is possible to generate high quality 
quadrature waveforms in software, which avoids the need for hardware phase 
shift networks and their limitations.
> > Scale the values of either R or C proportional to the inverse of the 
> > centre frequency (or both - it is 1/RC time constant you need to scale). 
> > Yo might find faster op-amps neccessary at high audio frequencies.
> OK, i did that for a center frequency of 12 kHz but the result was poor. 
> Then is systematically played with the values and found two pairs of 
> 1n/5k8 and 15n/2k27 which showed at least 47 dB image rejection in the LF 
> band, peaking at -76 dB at 12.55 kHz, which will be a theoretical value of 
> course. I'm going to try these values in a practical circuit and see what 
> comes out.
Well, it just depends what you are trying to optimise - do you want a wide 
frequency range with moderate unwanted sideband supression (this is what 
Andy's initial values on the spreadsheet seem to be aimed at), or a higher 
supression over a narrow frequency range - you might like to try C1 1n, R1 
5470, C2 4.7n, R2 6790. These are feasible values - but to get the response 
shown on the spreadsheet, you might need a screwdriver with reduction gears 
for adjusting the preset resistors ;-)
BTW, the LM358 is primarily a low-frequency device - it is getting a bit 
short of gain and slew rate at 12kHz, it might be OK but you might want 
op-amps with a bit more bandwidth - e.g. TLC272 should work fine in Andy's 
converter circuit
Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU