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Dead Band Circuit

Dead Band Circuit

Dead Band Circuit

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First of all, thanks for the help on the AGC circuit post.  The problems I was having were in the RF path, not the AGC path.  Circuit works fine except...

I need a dead band circuit.  I want to ignore the output of the detector until it gets to about 0.5 volts, then bring the ACG into play.  What first comes to mind is a comparator, but I'm worred about the abrupt transition.

I found a circuit in "Intuitive IC OP-Amps" by Frederiksen. The circuit is shown on page 207. Fig. 5-53. The circuit shown is a Bounding circuit. I breadbaorded it and it works well - cool circuit.  

The text states that if you remove one resistor (R*), it will function as a deadband circuit.

No luck, works fine as the boundind circuit, but doesn't work as advertised as a deadband circuit.

Anyone have a simple deadband circuit suggestion?

Thanks,

Mark

RE: Dead Band Circuit

Or back to back diodes in series with the feedback path.

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