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(Sawtooth to Sinusoid)
To obtain a sinusoidal output waveform the triangular waveform will be 'shaped' appropriately. Even a
relatively simple diode shaping produces a surprisingly low-distortion output. A non-critical piecewiselinear approximation to the sinusoid is illustrated to the
right. (Only a quarter cycle is shown; application to the
remaining portions of the period follows on application of
the symmetry of the sinusoid.) The triangular waveform is
assumed to have a relative amplitude of 1.5; the sinusoid
will have a unit amplitude. For 0 to 30 the 'sinusoid' will
follow the triangle ramp. For 30 to 60 the slope of the
waveform will be reduced so that the 'sinusoid' rises to only
0.866, and for the remaining 30 the slope changes to rise
to unit amplitude.
The diode circuit drawn below is used to describe how the
desired shaping is obtained; only the positive half-cycle is
described explicitly. The input voltage is the triangular
waveform. For simplicity the diode junction voltage drop
is ignored. While the diodes are reverse-biased neither
shunt branch conducts, and Vo = V, i.e., the output voltage
follows the ramp.
Suppose V1 < V2 is 0.5 volt. Then when the input voltage
reaches 0.5 volt D1 begins to conduct. The output voltage is
given by
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The period of the input waveform das decreased to 0.1msecond, and the conversion recomputed as shown:
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