Sistema de adquisición de datos basado en FPAA

Las FPAA´s son dispositivos analógicos programables. Estos dispositivos se basan en el uso de condensadores conmutados junto con amplificadores operacionales. Este tipo de tecnología presenta una serie de ventajas, ya que combinan las ventajas de dispositivos digitales, como la reprogramación en función de las variables del entorno que los rodean, con la diferencia de ser dispositivos analógicos, permitiendo la realización de una amplia gama de diseños analógicos en un solo chip. En este proyecto se ha realizado un estudio sobre el funcionamiento de los condensadores conmutados y su uso en el dispositivo AN221E04 del fabricante Anadigm. Una vez descrita la arquitectura del AN221E04 y explicadas las bases del funcionamiento de los condensadores conmutados, utilizando como ejemplo los modelos facilitados por Anadigm, se desarrolla un modelo de amplificador de instrumentación teórico y se describe la metodología para su implementación en un AN221E04 con el software Anadigm Designer 2. Una vez implementado este modelo de amplificador de instrumentación se han efectuado una serie de pruebas con el objetivo de estudiar la capacidad de estos dispositivos. Dichas pruebas ponen de manifiesto que las FPAA´s tienen una serie de ventajas a tener en cuenta a la hora de realizar diseños analógicos. La precisión obtenida por el modelo de amplificador de instrumentación realizado es más que aceptable, llegando a obtener errores de ganancia inferiores al 1% con ganancias de 200V/V sin tener la necesidad de realizar grandes ajustes. En las conclusiones de este estudio se exponen tanto ventajas como inconvenientes de la utilización de FPAA´s en diseños analógicos. La principal ventaja de este uso es el ahorro de costes, ya que una vez desarrollada una plataforma de diseño, la capacidad de reconfiguración permite utilizar dicha plataforma para un amplio abanico de aplicaciones, reduciendo el número de componentes y simplificando las etapas de diseño. Como desventaja, las FPAA´s tienen una serie de limitaciones qué hay que tener en cuenta en ciertos casos pudiendo hacer irrealizable un diseño concreto; como puede ser el valor máximo o mínimo de ganancia. The FPAA's are programmable analog devices. These devices rely on the use of switched capacitors together with operational amplifiers. This type of technology has a number of advantages, because they combine the advantages of digital devices such as the reprogramming function of the variables of the surrounding environment, with the difference being analog devices, allowing the realization of a wide range of designs analog on a single chip. This project has conducted a study on the operation of the switched capacitor and its use in the device AN221E04 from Anadigm. Having described the architecture of AN221E04 and explained the basis for the operation of the switched capacitor, using the example models provided by Anadigm is developing an instrumentation amplifier theory model and describes the methodology for implementation in a AN221E04 with the Anadigm Designer 2 software. Once implemented this instrumentation amplifier model, have made a series of tests in order to study the ability of these devices. These tests show that the FPAA's have a number of advantages to take into account when making analog designs. The accuracy obtained by the instrumentation amplifier model is made more than acceptable, earning gain errors of less than 1% with gains of 200V / V without the need for major adjustments. The conclusions of this study are presented both advantages and disadvantages of using FPAA's in analog designs. The main advantage of this application is the cost savings, because once developed a platform for design, reconfiguration capability allows you to use this platform for a wide range of applications, reducing component count and simplifying design stages. As a disadvantage, the FPAA's have a number of limitations which must be taken into account in certain cases may make impossible a specific design, such as the maximum or minimum gain, or the magnitude of the possible settings.

High-peak-power pulse generation from a monolithic master oscillator power amplifier at 1.5 μm

We present an experimental study on the generation of high-peak-power short optical pulses from a fully integrated master-oscillator power-amplifier emitting at 1.5 μm. High-peak-power (2.7 W) optical pulses with short duration (100 ps) have been generated by gain switching the master oscillator under optimized driving conditions. The static and dynamic characteristics of the device have been studied as a function of the driving conditions. The ripples appearing in the power-current characteristics under cw conditions have been attributed to mode hopping between the master oscillator resonant mode and the Fabry-Perot modes of the entire device cavity. Although compound cavity effects have been evidenced to affect the static and dynamic performance of the device, we have demonstrated that trains of single-mode short optical pulses at gigahertz frequencies can be conveniently generated in these devices.

Dynamic response of a monolithic master-oscillator power-amplifier at 1.5 µm

We study experimentally the dynamic properties of a fully integrated high power master-oscillator power-amplifier emitting at 1.5 μm under continuous wave and gain-switching conditions. High peak power (2.7 W) optical pulses with short duration (~ 110 ps) have been generated by gain switching the master-oscillator. We show the existence of working points at very close driving conditions with stable or unstable regimes caused by the compound cavity effects. The optical and radio-frequency spectra of stable and unstable operating points are analyzed.