RE
Randy Evans
Fri, Feb 16, 2018 6:39 PM
I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
the theme of the article.
To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
of questionable value.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
reasonable.
I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
Thanks,
Randall Evans
http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
the theme of the article.
To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
of questionable value.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
reasonable.
I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
Thanks,
Randall Evans
http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
PK
Poul-Henning Kamp
Sat, Feb 17, 2018 9:10 AM
I was concerned about the leakage through R1-C1.
Ideally there should not be any voltage across C1 because C2 "bootstraps"
it, so C1's leakage resistance should not matter at all.
In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V
That kind of currents take you into the territory where there are
no insulators, only conductors which are not very good at it, such
as expoxy, air, humidity, fingerprints etc.
The very first thing you want to do, is wash your entire construction
in isopropanol[1].
The next thing you want to do is make sure you are not fighting a
an electrostatic phenomena: Only measure inside a grounded metal
enclosure. Cookie tins work great.
Finally make sure you are not measuring Seebeck/thermo-electric
phenomena: Measure while you raise and lower the temperature
of the hole thing and look for gradients.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
I actually have in mind to buy a couple of the cheapest "teflon"
capactors from the audiohomøopathy world, and see if that is
really what it claims to be.
Poul-Henning
[1] I've been told that the liquid used in dishwashers to avoid
spots on glass, a mixture of soaps and alcohols, is also good for
electronics, but I have not tried it.
--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
--------
In message <CANwu9JY-_o80YoeN_-hnXFxsYuQ=VKON0yw_RoovEGjhh3hHSA@mail.gmail.com>
, Randy Evans writes:
>I was concerned about the leakage through R1-C1.
Ideally there should not be any voltage across C1 because C2 "bootstraps"
it, so C1's leakage resistance should not matter at all.
>In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
>Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V
That kind of currents take you into the territory where there are
no insulators, only conductors which are not very good at it, such
as expoxy, air, humidity, fingerprints etc.
The very first thing you want to do, is wash your entire construction
in isopropanol[1].
The next thing you want to do is make sure you are not fighting a
an electrostatic phenomena: Only measure inside a grounded metal
enclosure. Cookie tins work great.
Finally make sure you are not measuring Seebeck/thermo-electric
phenomena: Measure while you raise and lower the temperature
of the hole thing and look for gradients.
>I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
>variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
>capacitors, as one would expect.
I actually have in mind to buy a couple of the cheapest "teflon"
capactors from the audiohomøopathy world, and see if that is
really what it claims to be.
Poul-Henning
[1] I've been told that the liquid used in dishwashers to avoid
spots on glass, a mixture of soaps and alcohols, is also good for
electronics, but I have not tried it.
--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
A
Andre
Sat, Feb 17, 2018 12:35 PM
Yes I have relevant experience with Lifters, fingerprints generally are a nightmare.
May also be worth mentioning that different grades of IPA are more or less useful, it absorbs water
in its pure form so this needs to be taken into account.
Use "no clean" fluxed solder if possible as it works well.
Also relevant, don't forget that NASA like using splice joints where the wire is tied into essentially a reef knot.
This is for all sorts of reasons not least visual inspection of the joint at regular intervals and anti-
vibration measures are used like clear heatshrink.
From: volt-nuts volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com on behalf of Poul-Henning Kamp phk@phk.freebsd.dk
Sent: 17 February 2018 09:10
To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement; Randy Evans
Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
In message CANwu9JY-_o80YoeN_-hnXFxsYuQ=VKON0yw_RoovEGjhh3hHSA@mail.gmail.com
, Randy Evans writes:
I was concerned about the leakage through R1-C1.
Ideally there should not be any voltage across C1 because C2 "bootstraps"
it, so C1's leakage resistance should not matter at all.
In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V
That kind of currents take you into the territory where there are
no insulators, only conductors which are not very good at it, such
as expoxy, air, humidity, fingerprints etc.
The very first thing you want to do, is wash your entire construction
in isopropanol[1].
The next thing you want to do is make sure you are not fighting a
an electrostatic phenomena: Only measure inside a grounded metal
enclosure. Cookie tins work great.
Finally make sure you are not measuring Seebeck/thermo-electric
phenomena: Measure while you raise and lower the temperature
of the hole thing and look for gradients.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
I actually have in mind to buy a couple of the cheapest "teflon"
capactors from the audiohomøopathy world, and see if that is
really what it claims to be.
Poul-Henning
[1] I've been told that the liquid used in dishwashers to avoid
spots on glass, a mixture of soaps and alcohols, is also good for
electronics, but I have not tried it.
--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
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Yes I have relevant experience with Lifters, fingerprints generally are a nightmare.
May also be worth mentioning that different grades of IPA are more or less useful, it absorbs water
in its pure form so this needs to be taken into account.
Use "no clean" fluxed solder if possible as it works well.
Also relevant, don't forget that NASA like using splice joints where the wire is tied into essentially a reef knot.
This is for all sorts of reasons not least visual inspection of the joint at regular intervals and anti-
vibration measures are used like clear heatshrink.
________________________________________
From: volt-nuts <volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com> on behalf of Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Sent: 17 February 2018 09:10
To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement; Randy Evans
Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
--------
In message <CANwu9JY-_o80YoeN_-hnXFxsYuQ=VKON0yw_RoovEGjhh3hHSA@mail.gmail.com>
, Randy Evans writes:
>I was concerned about the leakage through R1-C1.
Ideally there should not be any voltage across C1 because C2 "bootstraps"
it, so C1's leakage resistance should not matter at all.
>In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
>Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V
That kind of currents take you into the territory where there are
no insulators, only conductors which are not very good at it, such
as expoxy, air, humidity, fingerprints etc.
The very first thing you want to do, is wash your entire construction
in isopropanol[1].
The next thing you want to do is make sure you are not fighting a
an electrostatic phenomena: Only measure inside a grounded metal
enclosure. Cookie tins work great.
Finally make sure you are not measuring Seebeck/thermo-electric
phenomena: Measure while you raise and lower the temperature
of the hole thing and look for gradients.
>I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
>variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
>capacitors, as one would expect.
I actually have in mind to buy a couple of the cheapest "teflon"
capactors from the audiohomøopathy world, and see if that is
really what it claims to be.
Poul-Henning
[1] I've been told that the liquid used in dishwashers to avoid
spots on glass, a mixture of soaps and alcohols, is also good for
electronics, but I have not tried it.
--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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Andre
Sat, Feb 17, 2018 12:38 PM
also see https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/sections/407%20Splices.html
-Andre
From: volt-nuts volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com on behalf of Randy Evans randyevans2688@gmail.com
Sent: 16 February 2018 18:39
To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
Subject: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
the theme of the article.
To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
of questionable value.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
reasonable.
I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
Thanks,
Randall Evans
http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
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-Andre
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Sent: 16 February 2018 18:39
To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
Subject: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
the theme of the article.
To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
of questionable value.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
reasonable.
I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
Thanks,
Randall Evans
http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
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RE
Randy Evans
Sat, Feb 17, 2018 4:07 PM
Thanks for the feedback. I don't think I am having problems with leakage
in the test setup, thermal, or shielding issues. I used aluminum cast
boxes (Pomona 2391) which have BNC M and F connectors, which use teflon
insulators. The cast boxes have enough thermal mass and not subject to
moving air currents, so it is unlikely that the wide voltage extremes, over
periods of a few to 10's of milliseconds, I am seeing are due to thermal
changes. Also, I had a typo in the original message (I said pA when I
meant to type nA) in that the last sentence in the second paragraph should
read: "and around 1 nA at 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of
0.5 to 1.5 nA, with occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 nA. This would equate to
about +/- 2 uV voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable
voltage reference of questionable value." the first sentence in the fourth
paragraph should also be referencing nA's. Sorry about the brain lapse.
The wide variations in current through the 100uF cap-1Kohm resistor are my
main concern since I can't explain it. It is absolutely not present in the
100 Mohm cal resistor in the same type aluminum cast box and is completely
stable. I originally suspected interference but the cap-resistor and
calibration resistor are mounted in identical shielded boxes but the 100
Mohm cal resistor is clean and stable.
I suppose I need to bite the bullet and build the circuit and see how
stable it is. I can check it with my two Fluke 732As and two HP-3458As.
Rrandall Evans
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Andre Andre@lanoe.net wrote:
also see https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/
sections/407%20Splices.html
-Andre
From: volt-nuts volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com on behalf of Randy Evans <
randyevans2688@gmail.com>
Sent: 16 February 2018 18:39
To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
Subject: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
the theme of the article.
To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
of questionable value.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
reasonable.
I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
Thanks,
Randall Evans
http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
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Thanks for the feedback. I don't think I am having problems with leakage
in the test setup, thermal, or shielding issues. I used aluminum cast
boxes (Pomona 2391) which have BNC M and F connectors, which use teflon
insulators. The cast boxes have enough thermal mass and not subject to
moving air currents, so it is unlikely that the wide voltage extremes, over
periods of a few to 10's of milliseconds, I am seeing are due to thermal
changes. Also, I had a typo in the original message (I said pA when I
meant to type nA) in that the last sentence in the second paragraph should
read: "and around 1 nA at 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of
0.5 to 1.5 nA, with occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 nA. This would equate to
about +/- 2 uV voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable
voltage reference of questionable value." the first sentence in the fourth
paragraph should also be referencing nA's. Sorry about the brain lapse.
The wide variations in current through the 100uF cap-1Kohm resistor are my
main concern since I can't explain it. It is absolutely not present in the
100 Mohm cal resistor in the same type aluminum cast box and is completely
stable. I originally suspected interference but the cap-resistor and
calibration resistor are mounted in identical shielded boxes but the 100
Mohm cal resistor is clean and stable.
I suppose I need to bite the bullet and build the circuit and see how
stable it is. I can check it with my two Fluke 732As and two HP-3458As.
Rrandall Evans
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Andre <Andre@lanoe.net> wrote:
> also see https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/
> sections/407%20Splices.html
>
> -Andre
>
> ________________________________________
> From: volt-nuts <volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com> on behalf of Randy Evans <
> randyevans2688@gmail.com>
> Sent: 16 February 2018 18:39
> To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
> Subject: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
>
> I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
> an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
> Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
> the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
> has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
> through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
> voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
> capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
> great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
> across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
> the theme of the article.
>
> To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
> V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
> resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
> 47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
> Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
> varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
> 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
> occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
> voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
> of questionable value.
>
> I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
> variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
> capacitors, as one would expect.
>
> Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
> precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
> source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
> very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
> measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
> also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
> resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
> calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
> picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
> reasonable.
>
> I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
> not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
> anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
> temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Randall Evans
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
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Sun, Feb 18, 2018 2:24 AM
Hello,
Are you familiar with the 2DW232, a Chinese zener? There is one particular factory in China which is somehow producing exceptionally low noise units (much lower noise than the LTZ1000).
There is an EEVBlog forum member who lives in China and has graciously volunteered to perform group buys from this factory and then distribute the pets to the individual buyers.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 17, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Randy Evans randyevans2688@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. I don't think I am having problems with leakage
in the test setup, thermal, or shielding issues. I used aluminum cast
boxes (Pomona 2391) which have BNC M and F connectors, which use teflon
insulators. The cast boxes have enough thermal mass and not subject to
moving air currents, so it is unlikely that the wide voltage extremes, over
periods of a few to 10's of milliseconds, I am seeing are due to thermal
changes. Also, I had a typo in the original message (I said pA when I
meant to type nA) in that the last sentence in the second paragraph should
read: "and around 1 nA at 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of
0.5 to 1.5 nA, with occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 nA. This would equate to
about +/- 2 uV voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable
voltage reference of questionable value." the first sentence in the fourth
paragraph should also be referencing nA's. Sorry about the brain lapse.
The wide variations in current through the 100uF cap-1Kohm resistor are my
main concern since I can't explain it. It is absolutely not present in the
100 Mohm cal resistor in the same type aluminum cast box and is completely
stable. I originally suspected interference but the cap-resistor and
calibration resistor are mounted in identical shielded boxes but the 100
Mohm cal resistor is clean and stable.
I suppose I need to bite the bullet and build the circuit and see how
stable it is. I can check it with my two Fluke 732As and two HP-3458As.
Rrandall Evans
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Andre Andre@lanoe.net wrote:
also see https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/
sections/407%20Splices.html
-Andre
From: volt-nuts volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com on behalf of Randy Evans <
randyevans2688@gmail.com>
Sent: 16 February 2018 18:39
To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
Subject: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
the theme of the article.
To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
of questionable value.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
reasonable.
I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
Thanks,
Randall Evans
http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
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Hello,
Are you familiar with the 2DW232, a Chinese zener? There is one particular factory in China which is somehow producing exceptionally low noise units (much lower noise than the LTZ1000).
There is an EEVBlog forum member who lives in China and has graciously volunteered to perform group buys from this factory and then distribute the pets to the individual buyers.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 17, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Randy Evans <randyevans2688@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the feedback. I don't think I am having problems with leakage
> in the test setup, thermal, or shielding issues. I used aluminum cast
> boxes (Pomona 2391) which have BNC M and F connectors, which use teflon
> insulators. The cast boxes have enough thermal mass and not subject to
> moving air currents, so it is unlikely that the wide voltage extremes, over
> periods of a few to 10's of milliseconds, I am seeing are due to thermal
> changes. Also, I had a typo in the original message (I said pA when I
> meant to type nA) in that the last sentence in the second paragraph should
> read: "and around 1 nA at 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of
> 0.5 to 1.5 nA, with occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 nA. This would equate to
> about +/- 2 uV voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable
> voltage reference of questionable value." the first sentence in the fourth
> paragraph should also be referencing nA's. Sorry about the brain lapse.
>
> The wide variations in current through the 100uF cap-1Kohm resistor are my
> main concern since I can't explain it. It is absolutely not present in the
> 100 Mohm cal resistor in the same type aluminum cast box and is completely
> stable. I originally suspected interference but the cap-resistor and
> calibration resistor are mounted in identical shielded boxes but the 100
> Mohm cal resistor is clean and stable.
>
> I suppose I need to bite the bullet and build the circuit and see how
> stable it is. I can check it with my two Fluke 732As and two HP-3458As.
>
> Rrandall Evans
>
>
>> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Andre <Andre@lanoe.net> wrote:
>>
>> also see https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/
>> sections/407%20Splices.html
>>
>> -Andre
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: volt-nuts <volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com> on behalf of Randy Evans <
>> randyevans2688@gmail.com>
>> Sent: 16 February 2018 18:39
>> To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
>> Subject: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
>>
>> I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
>> an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
>> Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
>> the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
>> has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
>> through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
>> voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
>> capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
>> great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
>> across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
>> the theme of the article.
>>
>> To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
>> V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
>> resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
>> 47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
>> Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
>> varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
>> 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
>> occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
>> voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
>> of questionable value.
>>
>> I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
>> variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
>> capacitors, as one would expect.
>>
>> Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
>> precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
>> source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
>> very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
>> measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
>> also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
>> resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
>> calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
>> picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
>> reasonable.
>>
>> I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
>> not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
>> anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
>> temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Randall Evans
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
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jasonpepas@gmail.com
Sun, Feb 18, 2018 2:30 AM
On Feb 17, 2018, at 7:24 PM, jasonpepas@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Are you familiar with the 2DW232, a Chinese zener? There is one particular factory in China which is somehow producing exceptionally low noise units (much lower noise than the LTZ1000).
There is an EEVBlog forum member who lives in China and has graciously volunteered to perform group buys from this factory and then distribute the pets to the individual buyers.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 17, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Randy Evans randyevans2688@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. I don't think I am having problems with leakage
in the test setup, thermal, or shielding issues. I used aluminum cast
boxes (Pomona 2391) which have BNC M and F connectors, which use teflon
insulators. The cast boxes have enough thermal mass and not subject to
moving air currents, so it is unlikely that the wide voltage extremes, over
periods of a few to 10's of milliseconds, I am seeing are due to thermal
changes. Also, I had a typo in the original message (I said pA when I
meant to type nA) in that the last sentence in the second paragraph should
read: "and around 1 nA at 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of
0.5 to 1.5 nA, with occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 nA. This would equate to
about +/- 2 uV voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable
voltage reference of questionable value." the first sentence in the fourth
paragraph should also be referencing nA's. Sorry about the brain lapse.
The wide variations in current through the 100uF cap-1Kohm resistor are my
main concern since I can't explain it. It is absolutely not present in the
100 Mohm cal resistor in the same type aluminum cast box and is completely
stable. I originally suspected interference but the cap-resistor and
calibration resistor are mounted in identical shielded boxes but the 100
Mohm cal resistor is clean and stable.
I suppose I need to bite the bullet and build the circuit and see how
stable it is. I can check it with my two Fluke 732As and two HP-3458As.
Rrandall Evans
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Andre Andre@lanoe.net wrote:
also see https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/
sections/407%20Splices.html
-Andre
From: volt-nuts volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com on behalf of Randy Evans <
randyevans2688@gmail.com>
Sent: 16 February 2018 18:39
To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
Subject: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
the theme of the article.
To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
of questionable value.
I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
capacitors, as one would expect.
Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
reasonable.
I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
Thanks,
Randall Evans
http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
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Apologies, the last message went out before I was finished drafting it.
See these links:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/metrology/ultra-low-noise-reference-2dw232-2dw233-2dw23x/
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/metrology/factory-2dw23x-order-aggregation-thread/
Note that these zeners are quite cheap. You could parallel a number of them for ever further noise reduction, yet still be cheaper than an LTZ.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 17, 2018, at 7:24 PM, jasonpepas@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Are you familiar with the 2DW232, a Chinese zener? There is one particular factory in China which is somehow producing exceptionally low noise units (much lower noise than the LTZ1000).
>
> There is an EEVBlog forum member who lives in China and has graciously volunteered to perform group buys from this factory and then distribute the pets to the individual buyers.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 17, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Randy Evans <randyevans2688@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the feedback. I don't think I am having problems with leakage
>> in the test setup, thermal, or shielding issues. I used aluminum cast
>> boxes (Pomona 2391) which have BNC M and F connectors, which use teflon
>> insulators. The cast boxes have enough thermal mass and not subject to
>> moving air currents, so it is unlikely that the wide voltage extremes, over
>> periods of a few to 10's of milliseconds, I am seeing are due to thermal
>> changes. Also, I had a typo in the original message (I said pA when I
>> meant to type nA) in that the last sentence in the second paragraph should
>> read: "and around 1 nA at 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of
>> 0.5 to 1.5 nA, with occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 nA. This would equate to
>> about +/- 2 uV voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable
>> voltage reference of questionable value." the first sentence in the fourth
>> paragraph should also be referencing nA's. Sorry about the brain lapse.
>>
>> The wide variations in current through the 100uF cap-1Kohm resistor are my
>> main concern since I can't explain it. It is absolutely not present in the
>> 100 Mohm cal resistor in the same type aluminum cast box and is completely
>> stable. I originally suspected interference but the cap-resistor and
>> calibration resistor are mounted in identical shielded boxes but the 100
>> Mohm cal resistor is clean and stable.
>>
>> I suppose I need to bite the bullet and build the circuit and see how
>> stable it is. I can check it with my two Fluke 732As and two HP-3458As.
>>
>> Rrandall Evans
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Andre <Andre@lanoe.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> also see https://workmanship.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/
>>> sections/407%20Splices.html
>>>
>>> -Andre
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: volt-nuts <volt-nuts-bounces@febo.com> on behalf of Randy Evans <
>>> randyevans2688@gmail.com>
>>> Sent: 16 February 2018 18:39
>>> To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement
>>> Subject: [volt-nuts] Low noise reference
>>>
>>> I have a question for the group. I was looking at an article for building
>>> an ultra-low noise voltage reference by Walt Jung, published in Electronic
>>> Design June 24, 1993 and a URL to the article is below. I want to filter
>>> the output of an LTZ1000 based 10V reference I am building and this circuit
>>> has a very low freq corner of 1.6 Hz. I was concerned about the leakage
>>> through R1-C1. If C1 had as little as 1ua leakage, it would drop the
>>> voltage through R1 by 1 mV. The spec on 100 uF electrolytic and tantalum
>>> capacitors show a leakage of 20 ua at rated voltage so this could be of
>>> great concern. However, at the low few tenths of a volt that should be
>>> across C1, the capacitor should have a much lower leakage amount, which is
>>> the theme of the article.
>>>
>>> To get a better appreciation of the issue, I connected a precision 0 to 10
>>> V source (100uV resolution steps) to a series combination of a 1 Kohm
>>> resistor and a 100 uF electrolytic and, later, another 47uF tantalum and a
>>> 47 uF electrolytic capacitor. In all cases the leakage, as measured with a
>>> Keithley 414 picoammmeter, showed a leakage or around 0.08 uA at 10V and
>>> varying 0.04 to 0.12 uA, around .1uA at 1V and varying , and around 1 pA at
>>> 0.1V, but with widely varying leakage current of 0.5 to 1.5 pA, with
>>> occasional peaks of -0.5 to 2 pA. This would equate to about +/- 2 uV
>>> voltage variation across R1, making a 10 V 0.1ppm stable voltage reference
>>> of questionable value.
>>>
>>> I also tried a 0.68 uF polystyrene capacitor and also saw leakage current
>>> variations, although much less than the electrolytic and tantalum
>>> capacitors, as one would expect.
>>>
>>> Thinking the problem might be the the picoammeter, I put a 100 megohm 0.1%
>>> precision resistor in place of the capacitor across the precision voltage
>>> source set for 0.1 V and measured the current through the resistor at a
>>> very stable 0.9 pA on the Keithley 414 (sb 1pA but accurate enough for my
>>> measurements - the resistor shielded box likely has some sub pA leakage
>>> also). Note that I used shielded cables for all measurements, and the
>>> resistor and capacitor were in a shielded box, as well as the 100 Mohm
>>> calibration resistor. Touching the cables or boxes did not change the
>>> picoammeter reading at all, indicating to me that the shielding was
>>> reasonable.
>>>
>>> I suppose the best approach is to build it and characterize it, but it's
>>> not fruitful if someone has already done this. So my question is: has
>>> anyone built this circuit and characterized it, particularly over
>>> temperature for stability at the sub ppm level?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Randall Evans
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://waltjung.org/PDFs/Build_Ultra_Low_Noise_Voltage_Reference.pdf
>>> _______________________________________________
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