For an active magnetic field compensator for an electron microscope, needs to build V to I converter

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Yossarian2

Joined Aug 31, 2018
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Hey Guys,

I have a question concerning a project i am doing for University: I am supposed to help build an active magnetic field compensator for an electron microscope.

For that i need a current driver (I'm not even sure if that's the right word) that can convert a small voltage (tens of mV) from the sensor into a large current (1+ A). It should also be quite fast and accurate between DC and about 1kHz.

I have tried to build a circuit but it's not working so far (i'll try to upload a picture later) and i don't really find a lot of helpful stuff on google neither.

I hope you guys can help me out or maybe tell me what to search for.

Many thanks in advance.


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crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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That likely could be done with an opamp and a transistor configured as a constant current drive.

Does the current need to go in both directions or only one direction through the coil?
Can you use a low-side drive to the field coil?
What is the coil voltage and maximum current?
 
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