Phase Current Sensing Circuit: Q&A

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The phase current sensing circuit converts phase currents to voltages using a shunt resistor and an opamp. An analysis of the filter circuit formed by R45, R37, and C26 indicates that it operates effectively without significant phase delay, as the time constant is small compared to other components. The capacitor C26 primarily serves to filter out RF noise rather than introducing delay. The gain of the shunt amplifier is determined by a 2k input resistance and a 30k output resistance, resulting in a gain of 15. Overall, the circuit design effectively manages phase current sensing while minimizing unwanted interference.
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Phase current sensing and the phase delay
This is the phase current sensing circuit
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Here the phase currents are converted to voltages by passing through shunt resistor and fed to the opamp. Two questions i have
a. Can I analyze the R45, R37, C26 as one filter circuit and the remaining as other circuit for gain?
b. The phase currents are converted into voltages after passing through shunt resistor and are available at the output of the opamp. Does the capacitor C26 add any phase delay?
 
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R45, R37, C26 has a product of about 100 ns, so it will only remove RF.

PhysicsTest said:
Does the capacitor C26 add any phase delay?
Not really. The TC is small compared to R55 * C32 = 1 us, which is probably an antialiasing filter before an A to D converter.

The gain of the shunt amplifier is set by series 1k + 1k = 2k input, to 30k output, gain = x15.
 
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