Yesterday I measured the shape of the servo filter of both the old and the new Universal PDH boxes.
Here they are compared.
The way the filter's transfer function has been measured is by a swept sine between the "SERVO INPUT" and the "PIEZO DRIVE OUTPUT" connection on the box front panel. The spectrum analyzer used for the measurement is the SR785 and the source amplitude is set at 0.1V.
The two transfer functions are clearly different. In particular the old one looks like a simple integrator, whereas the new one already includes some sort of boost.
That probably explains why the new one is unable to lock the PLL. Indeed what the PLL needs, at least to acquire lock, is an 1/f filter.
I thought the two boxes were almost identical, at least in the filter shapes. Also the two schematics available in the DCC coincide. |