The project presented here is a professional quality Phantom powered Microphone pre-amplifier. The project is built using the INA163 chip from TI. The Chip is a very low-noise, low-distortion, monolithic instrumentation amplifier. R2 and R3 provide a current path for a conventional 48V phantom power source for a remotely located microphone. A slide switch SW1 allows phantom power to be disabled. C6 and C8 block the phantom power voltage from the INA163 input circuitry. Additional input protection against ESD and hot-plugging, four 1N4148 diodes D1, D2, D3, D4 connected from the input to supply lines. R7 and R8 provide a path for the input bias current of the INA163. Gain is set with a variable resistor, PR1, in series with R4. R4 determines the maximum gain. The total resistance, R4 + PR1, determines the lowest gain. A special reverse-log taper potentiometer for PR1 can be used to create a linear change (in dB) with rotation. LED D5 is used as a power indicator. L1, L2, C7, C10, and C11 components protect the inputs from EMI and RFI noise.
The project presented here is a professional quality Phantom powered Microphone pre-amplifier. The project is built using the INA163 chip from TI. The Chip is a very low-noise, low-distortion, monolithic instrumentation amplifier. R2 and R3 provide a current path for a conventional 48V phantom power source for a remotely located microphone. A slide switch SW1 allows phantom power to be disabled. C6 and C8 block the phantom power voltage from the INA163 input circuitry. Additional input protection against ESD and hot-plugging, four 1N4148 diodes D1, D2, D3, D4 connected from the input to supply lines. R7 and R8 provide a path for the input bias current of the INA163. Gain is set with a variable resistor, PR1, in series with R4. R4 determines the maximum gain. The total resistance, R4 + PR1, determines the lowest gain. A special reverse-log taper potentiometer for PR1 can be used to create a linear change (in dB) with rotation. LED D5 is used as a power indicator. L1, L2, C7, C10, and C11 components protect the inputs from EMI and RFI noise.
Input offset current (typically 100nA) creates a DC differential input voltage that will produce an output offset voltage. This is generally the dominant source of the output offset voltage. With a maximum gain of 1000 (60dB), the output offset voltage can be several volts. This may be entirely acceptable if the output is AC-coupled into the subsequent stage. An optional circuit is provided to tackle this problem. An inexpensive FET-input op-amp U2A in a feedback loop drives the DC output voltage to 0V. Op-Amp is not in the audio signal path and does not affect signal quality.
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