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Victor chan
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capacitor to suppress radio frequency signal
Dec 27th, 2010, 6:20pm
 
Hi

I have attached a picture of a part of a circuit, with which I dont understand how C210 suppresses radio frequency, because it is connecting between positive and negative terminal of channel 1.



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Re: capacitor to suppress radio frequency signal
Reply #1 - Dec 27th, 2010, 10:17pm
 
Hi Victor,

What is this circuit doing??

anyway, I assume that C210 with R204 and 203 act togather a a lowpass filter to suppress high frequency tones. the connection between the positive and negative nodes allows for a virtual ground.

hopes this anwers your question
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Reply #2 - Dec 28th, 2010, 3:36am
 
First of all, thank you for your reply.

This is a protection circuit between the electrode which is attached to human being and amplifier circuit. The original statement claims that the capacitor suppresses radio frequency, which I think your assumption is right (because I was thinking it is acting like a bypass capacitor).

However, I don understand your statement,
" the connection between the positive and negative nodes allows for a virtual ground"

Can you please explain it further?
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Reply #3 - Dec 28th, 2010, 4:19am
 
the positive node and negative nodes mean that the AC voltage applied to these nodes is symmetric aroung a common DC voltage (usually VDD/2 ). This symmetry working point it treated as an AC virtual ground. for example, you could replace C210 with two series capacitors with double the capacitance of C210 (each), the common node between the capacitors is the AC virtual ground
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Reply #4 - Dec 28th, 2010, 4:53am
 
Thank you very much for your reply again, is very well explanation.

If you don't mind, would you please also have a look of my second question?

http://www.designers-guide.org/Forum/YaBB.pl?num=1293540714/0
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