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LTC1968

Precision Wide Bandwidth, RMS-to-DC Converter

Linear Technology 

LTC1968

APPLICATIO S I FOR ATIO

∆-Σ

REF

D α VIN

VOUT

VIN

±1

LPF

VOUT

1968 F04

Figure 4. Topology of LTC1968

The ∆Σ modulator has a single-bit output whose average

duty cycle (D) will be proportional to the ratio of the input

signal divided by the output. The ∆Σ is a 2nd order

modulator with excellent linearity. The single-bit output is

used to selectively buffer or invert the input signal. Again,

this is a circuit with excellent linearity, because it operates

at only two points: ±1 gain; the average effective multipli-

cation over time will be on the straight line between these

two points. The combination of these two elements again

creates a lowpass filter input signal equal to (VIN)2/VOUT,

which, as shown above, results in RMS-to-DC conversion.

The lowpass filter performs the averaging of the RMS

function and must be a lower corner frequency than the

lowest frequency of interest. For line frequency measure-

ments, this filter is simply too large to implement on-chip,

but the LTC1968 needs only one capacitor on the output

to implement the lowpass filter. The user can select this

capacitor depending on frequency range and settling time

requirements, as will be covered in the Design Cookbook

section to follow.

This topology is inherently more stable and linear than log/

antilog implementations primarily because all of the signal

processing occurs in circuits with high gain op amps

operating closed loop.

More detail of the LTC1968 inner workings is shown in the

Simplified Schematic towards the end of this data sheet.

Note that the internal scalings are such that the ∆Σ output

duty cycle is limited to 0% or 100% only when VIN exceeds

± 4 • VOUT.

Linearity of an RMS-to-DC Converter

Linearity may seem like an odd property for a device that

implements a function that includes two very nonlinear

processes: squaring and square rooting.

However, an RMS-to-DC converter has a transfer func-

tion, RMS volts in to DC volts out, that should ideally have

a 1:1 transfer function. To the extent that the input to

output transfer function does not lie on a straight line, the

part is nonlinear.

A more complete look at linearity uses the simple model

shown in Figure 5. Here an ideal RMS core is corrupted by

both input circuitry and output circuitry that have imper-

fect transfer functions. As noted, input offset is introduced

in the input circuitry, while output offset is introduced in

the output circuitry.

Any nonlinearity that occurs in the output circuity will

corrupt the RMS in to DC out transfer function. A nonlin-

earity in the input circuitry will typically corrupt that

transfer function far less simply because with an AC input,

the RMS-to-DC conversion will average the nonlinearity

from a whole range of input values together.

But the input nonlinearity will still cause problems in an

RMS-to-DC converter because it will corrupt the accuracy

as the input signal shape changes. Although an RMS-to-

DC converter will convert any input waveform to a DC

output, the accuracy is not necessarily as good for all

waveforms as it is with sine waves. A common way to

describe dynamic signal wave shapes is Crest Factor. The

crest factor is the ratio of the peak value relative to the RMS

value of a waveform. A signal with a crest factor of 4, for

instance, has a peak that is four times its RMS value.

INPUT

INPUT CIRCUITRY

• VIOS

• INPUT NONLINEARITY

IDEAL

RMS-TO-DC

CONVERTER

OUTPUT CIRCUITRY

• VOOS

OUTPUT

• OUTPUT NONLINEARITY

1968 F05

Figure 5. Linearity Model of an RMS-to-DC Converter

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