Article: 1-Hz to 100-MHz VFC features 160-dB dynamic range.(design ideas)

The VFC (voltage-to-frequency-converter) circuit in Figure 1 achieves a wider dynamic range and a higher full-scale output frequency--100 MHz with 10% overrange to 110 MHz--by a factor of 10 over any commercially available converter. The circuit's 160-dB dynamic range spans eight decades for a 0 to 5V input range and allows continuous operation down to 1 Hz. Additional specifications include 0.1% linearity, a 250-ppm/[degrees]C gain/temperature coefficient, a 1Hz/[degrees]C zero-point shift, and a 0.1% frequency shift for a 10% power-supply-voltage variation. A single 5V supply powers the circuit.

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