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Divide by 2 Phase Shifter
In August 1973 Ham Radio, WA0JYK used a digital phase shifter in a 75m SSB phasing type receiver that only required the clock to only be divided by 2 instead of 4. The chips were ECL D type Flip Flops and differential Schmitt triggers now out of date, but I was wondering if something like this would help. It would make the clock frequency only half of what is presently used in the Softrock 40.
And I quote from the text, "A single inexpensive IC, a Motorola MC1035P, provides a crystal oscillator, a Schmitt trigger and a differential output amplifier. The differential square-wave outputs from this stage are at the crystal frequency and, of course, 180 degrees out of phase. These square waves are divided by two in a switch-tail ring counter which also provides synchronization to the phase quadrature, regardless of turn on or turn off of the receiver." He gives the following reference: G.K. Shubert, WA0JYK, "A Digital 90 Degree RF Phase Shifter," The Electronic Engineer, August, 1971 Attached is a schematic of the phase shifter and a spec sheet on the D type flip flops used. I don't know if the delays would be matched in something like this or not, or what other problems exist in this kind of design, but I would like to throw it out for discussion. I am sure modern IC's could be obtained to perform the same functions. Bill, WB5TCO |
KD5NWA
You can also use a DDS or crystal oscillator running at 2X and put it through a diode doubler that feeds the comparators to turn it back to clean 74HC levels.
Here is an example by Bill Tracey; < > At 06:48 PM 10/13/2005, you wrote: In August 1973 Ham Radio, WA0JYK used a digital phase shifter in a 75mCecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com I fail to see why doing the same thing over and over and getting the same results every time is insanity: I've almost proved it isn't; only a few more tests now and I'm sure results will differ this time ... |
Anders Karlson
How about using two of these in series, with some kind of buffer between them?
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Then we could use the daughter board all the way up to 30MHz :-) 73 de Anders, SM7TJC KD5NWA wrote: You can also use a DDS or crystal oscillator running at 2X and put it |
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