Tobin, Rob
With the Sense PD blocked, I adjusted the offset trim of the fourth stage in the ISS servo until the current shunt signal was zeroed. After this adjustment, we are able to crank the ISS gain all the way up to 30 dB without CS saturations (provided the HEPA is turned down to a very quiet level), getting about 35kHZ UGF at that gain setting. However, the current shunt mean value was still enormous.
Examining the current shunt signal on a fast scope, we saw an enormous (>2Vpp) 3.6 MHz sawtooth signal. Going up the chain of op-amps, we found that U1, as measured at the "Filter Out" testpoint, is oscillating wildly at 12 MHz (680 mVpp). |