Isolation circuit having Hall element and oscilloscope of isolation circuit

Abstract

The invention provides an isolation circuit having a Hall element and can be applied to measuring equipment, e.g., an oscilloscope. The isolation circuit comprises a transformer, the Hall element, a constant current source, a first amplifier and a second amplifier, wherein an input signal is isolated through the transformer, a magnetic core of the transformer is provided with a notch, the notch is provided with the Hall element, the input signal is converted by the transformer into a high-frequency output signal, the Hall element induces magnetic flux of the magnetic core of the transformer to generate a low-frequency feedback signal, and the high-frequency output signal and the low-frequency feedback signal are processed through the second amplifier to generate signals after isolation. As the Hall element and a primary winding are not directly connected physically, the voltage isolation can be determined by the primary winding and a secondary winding of the transformer, the realized isolation is much higher than the isolation in the prior art, and thereby band width of the isolation circuit is greatly expanded.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to electronic measuring equipment, in particular to an isolation circuit with a Hall element and an oscilloscope thereof. Background technique [0002] The isolation circuit can transmit the electrical signal on the input side to the output side, but the input side and the output side are electrically isolated, or insulated, and there is only a small capacitance between the input side and the output side. The isolation circuit can improve the common mode rejection ratio during measurement, reduce interference, improve signal quality, and can also isolate dangerous voltages to protect equipment and personal safety. When multi-channel oscilloscopes measure at the same time, channel isolation can also measure multiple signals with different common-mode voltages to prevent short-circuit accidents caused by common ground between channels. [0003] From the frequency response of the processed signal and the isolation circuit, the isola...

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Problems solved by technology

[0012] 1. Since the secondary side of the transformer uses two windings, as the positive and negative poles of the output differential signal, it is difficult to ensure the same phase of the positive and negative poles, which increases the difficulty of transformer winding

[0013] 2. The linear optocoupler is used as the isolation of the low-frequency path. The delay of the low-frequency path causes the frequency response to be uneven. Circuits 48, 52, 50, and 54 are used to compensate. Because the capacitors are discrete, it is difficult to ensure that the positive and negative poles of the differential signal are completely unanimous

[0024] 2. The delay compensation circuit 103 or 22, 24, 29, 30 mentioned in the patent cannot actually solve the amplitude-frequency sag at the overlapping frequency of the low-frequency and high-frequency paths

Because the capacitors 24 and 30 play a low-pass role in the amplifier circuit shown, they can only make the high frequency of the low frequency path lower than the low frequency, but cannot properly increase the high frequency.

Circuit 103 is actually an RC low-pass circuit, which also cannot properly enhance high frequencies.

[0025] 3. Since the provided delay compensation circuit does not work, the output amplitude-frequency response of the linear isolation circuit is not flat

[0026] 4. The low-frequency path circuit is complex

[0027] To sum up, the main disadvantage of the existing technology is that the bandwidth of the linear isolation circuit that can be realized is low, and the isolation oscilloscope with a larger bandwidth cannot be realized.

Moreover, the frequency response depression problem caused by the linear optocoupler circuit

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