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Here is the schematic, PC board pattern, and parts placement for a low powered FM transmitter. The range of the transmitter when running at 9V is about 300 feet. Running it from 12V increases the range to about 400 feet. This transmitter should not be used as a room or telephone bug.

Schematic

PC Board Layout and Parts Placement

Parts
Part C1 C2 C3,C4 C5 R1 R2,R5,R6 R3 R4 Q1, Q2 L1, L2 MIC MISC Total Qty. 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 Description 0.001uf Disc Capacitor 5.6pf Disc Capacitor 10uf Electrolytic Capacitor 3-18pf Adjustable Cap 270 Ohm 1/8W Resistor 4.7k 1/8W Resistor 10k 1/8W Resistor 100k 1/8W Resistor 2N2222A NPN Transistor 5 Turn Air Core Coil Electret Microphone 9V Battery Snap, PC Board, Wire For Antenna Substitutions

270 Ohm 1/4W Resistor 4.7K 1/4W Resistor 10K 1/4W Resistor 100K 1/4W Resistor 2N3904, NTE123A

Notes

1. L1 and L2 are 5 turns of 28 AWG enamel coated magnet wire wound with a inside diameter of about 4mm. The inside of a ballpoint pen works well (the plastic tube that holds the ink). Remove the form after winding then install the coil on the circuit board, being careful not to bend it. 2. C5 is used for tuning. This transmitter operates on the normal broadcast frequencies (88-108MHz). 3. Q1 and Q2 can also be 2N3904 or something similar. 4. You can use 1/4 W resistors mounted vertically instead of 1/8 W resistors. 5. You may want to bypass the battery with a .01uf capacitor. 6. An antenna may not be required for operation. 7. A thanks goes out to Mike_Springer@iname.com for cleaning up the original image once displayed on the page. It looks a lot better now! Related Circuits 3 Watt FM Transmitter, 8 Watt Audio Amp, 22 Watt Audio Amplifier, 50 Watt Amplifier, Crystal Radio, FM Transmitter, Guitar Fuzz Effect, FET Audio Mixer, Microphone Mixer, 8 Note Tune Player, Op Amp Radio, Mono To Stereo Synthesizer, Electronic Stethoscope, Tone Control, Transistor Organ, Stereo Tube Amplifier, Digital Volume Control, Sound Level Meter, Aircraft Radio Communications Receiver, Single Chip FM Radio, One Tube Regenerative Radio, Single Chip AM Radio Comments
Add A Comment FM Transmitter Saturday, January 01, 2011 10:26:03 PM Rahul Hey the transmitter is working but I am able to recieve sound on destination reciever ONLY when I BLOW in the ELECTRET MIC i.e MY VOICE is NOT transmitted via the Fm transmitter. Pls help.... FM Transmitter Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:33:35 AM Owen Is there any matched receiver circuit? I would like to build a walkie talkie type thing. FM Transmitter Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:25:00 PM Th3_uN1Qu3 The second inductor is for decoupling the antenna from the tuned circuit so that moving the antenna does not affect the frequency (a lot). No matter what you do to it this type of circuit will never be stable. Best way to transmit in FM now is to get a car FM modulator with audio input or a Belkin Tunecast and hack that up. With an amplifier using a single RF transistor it is easy to boost the output of those things to several watts. Be on the lookout for the car modulators with LED display and no fancy features, the ones with complex LCD displays tend to have whistling noise that you can't get rid of. FM Transmitter Tuesday, November 09, 2010 7:25:01 AM maggie

can some one tell me the use of the second inductor connected to the antenna. if i remove the second inductor and connect antenna directly will it work? thanks FM Transmitter Friday, October 15, 2010 9:20:22 AM omkar i have found many ckts for a radio transmitter, will anyone tell me how many ckts do we have for a single device coz i m not able to understand which one to choose. i have already tried to make a radio transmitter from two different types of ckts but none of them worked.........plz someone help me with this FM Transmitter Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10:16:22 AM Basit khan can u run this on 4.9 Volts. will it work if not can u suggest a circuit that works on this much input FM Transmitter Friday, September 03, 2010 8:00:10 PM ciaran currently working on this one with my group for our subject Communications..while the other group in my class was assigned to make an AM receiver... FM Transmitter Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:09:30 AM RAHUL HEY WORKING REALLY GOOD...!! BUT HAS VERY SHORT RANGE... FOR THOSE WHO ARE HAVING PROBLEM ... REGARDING INDUCTOR: 1.BUY ENAMEL COATED MAGNETIC WIRE TO BUILD INDUCTOR. 2. CUT WIRE INTO TWO PIECES : 8cm EACH. REMOVE ENAMEL COATING FROM BOTH ENDS OF WIRES.& CHECK THE CONTINUITY 3. TAKE A PEN REFILL (LEXI,CELLO ,TECHNO TIP.ETC ) WHICH HAS OUTER DIAMETER OF 3.2mm approx. 4. WIND WIRE ON REFILL (5 TURNS). 5. DONT BEND WIRE WHILE WINDING, REGARDING CAPACITOR: 1. IF YOU DONT HAVE VAR. CAPACITOR THEN CONNECT ANY FIXED CAPACITOR (disk) BETWEEN RANGE OF 3-18pf. REGARDING ANTENNA: 1.YOU CAN CONNECT SIMPLE WIRE ALSO. REGARDING RECEIVER. 1, IT WORKS VERY..WELL WITH CELL PHONE RADIO RECEIVER DUE TO HIGH SELECTIVITY.( VERY CLEAR.) TUNE IT IN AUTOMATIC MODE. 2.WORKS VERY VERY POOR WITH TRAD. RADIO RECEIVERS. REGARDING TRANSISTOR: ...I USED 2N2222A . DRAWBACK: 1.SHORT RANGE. BEST SOLUTION: 1.BUY LESS TOLERENCE COMPONENTS. FOR MORE COVERAGE.. 1. PUT POWER AMPLIFIER BEFORE ANTENNA. (FOR POWER AMPL. .....SEARCH ON GOOGLE ). FM Transmitter Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:14:01 PM anonymous For those asking to further the range. You can easily amplify the signal, but after grabing a certain distance the fcc will get on your tail. FM Transmitter Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:47:38 AM fm TRASCE DOES NOT WORK!!!! i have put 18 AWG coils! What to do! The last 10 comments are currently shown. Show All Comments. Add A Comment

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Overview
Because air conditioners operate at comparatively high power levels, a PFC (Power Factor Correction) circuit is generally incorporated into the power supply. In low-cost systems for countries with no restrictions on power line harmonics, the PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) function of the MCU is typically used to implement a partial-switching configuration. This enables some improvement of the power factor while requiring few components. Japan has relatively loose restrictions on power line harmonics, so Renesas offers a variety of MCU products for different price ranges. They can be combined with IGBTs to match the requirements of customers. In high-end air conditioner models and models for countries with strict restrictions on power line harmonics, a fullswitching configuration employing a PFC IC is used. Typically, a continuous conduction mode PFC circuit is employed to ensure efficiency. The use of full-switching PFC circuits has generally been limited to high-end models due to the larger number of components and the increase in noise. Now, however, the R2A20114 continuous conduction mode PFC IC from Renesas provides interleaved operation at high power levels along with inexpensive anti-noise measures, enabling manufacturers to design low-cost air conditioner models that combine a high power factor and high efficiency.

System Block Diagram

Recommended Products Full-Switching PFC IC

Part no. PFC IC R2A20114 Mode Continuous interleave VCC Maximum (V) 24 V Tj operation -40 to +150 Drive peak current -1000 mA (source) / 1000 D1mA (sink)

Full-Switching Interleaved IGBTs

VCE (sat) typ. (V) tf typ Conditions (ns) Ic=40 A Ic=40 A Ic=40 A 40 40 (40) Builtin Builtin Builtin Builtin Builtin Builtin

PFC type

Recommended IGBT

P/N

VCES IC (V) (A) 600 40 600 40

FRD

Package

RJP6085DPN RJP6085DPK Active filtering Type 2 (f = 50 kHz or more)

2.65 2.65 2.65

TO220AB TO-3P TO-3P

RJH6085BDPK** 600 40 Ultrafast switching type

RJH6086BDPK** 600 (45) (2.75) Ic=45 A

(45)

TO-3P

RJH6087BDPK** 600 (50) (2.75) Ic=50 A

(50)

TO-3P

RJH6088BDPK** 600 (60) (2.75) Ic=60 A Active filtering Type 2 (f = 20 kHz or more)

(60)

TO-3P

RJH60F0DPK** Low VCE (sat,) type RJH60F4DPK

600 50

1.4

Ic=25 A

90

TO-3P

600 60

1.4

Ic=30 A

80

TO-3P

RJH60F5DPK

600 80

1.37

Ic=40 A

80

Builtin Builtin Builtin

TO-3P

RJH60F6DPK *

600 85

1.35

Ic=45 A

95

TO-3P

RJH60F7ADPK

600 90

1.35

Ic=50 A

95

TO-3P

*: New product

**: Under development

Partial-Switching IGBTs
Recommended IGBT For partial-switching RJP60D0DPM * 600 40 2 Ic = 40 A 100 TO-3PFM VCES IC VCE (sat) typ. (V) tf FRD Package (V) (A) Conditions typ (ns) 600 30 2 Ic = 40 A 100 TO-3P

PFC type Active filtering type

P/N RJP60D0DPK *

*: New product

Photocoupler Lineup
Semiconductor device Recommended products

Block

Features, etc. High insulation voltage tolerance (5 kV r.m.s.), 4p-DIP High insulation voltage tolerance (3.75 kV r.m.s.), 4p-SOP High insulation voltage tolerance (2.5 kV r.m.s.), 4p-SSOP Analog output, 1 Mbps, 5p-SOP Digital output, 1 Mbps, 5p-SOP High insulation voltage tolerance (5 kV r.m.s.), 4p-DIP High insulation voltage tolerance (3.75 kV r.m.s.), 4p-SOP High insulation voltage tolerance (2.5 kV r.m.s.), 4p-SSOP High insulation voltage tolerance (5 kV r.m.s.), 0.6 A output High noise tolerance (CMR = 25 kV)

Indoor-outdoor unit signal I/F

General-purpose photocouplers

PS25xx Series PS27xx Series PS28xx Series

High-speed photocouplers

PS8101 PS9122

For TRIAC Control

General-Purpose Photocouplers

PS25xx Series PS27xx Series PS28xx Series

PFC circuit I/F

Photocouplers for IGBT drive

PS9306 (6p-SDIP) PS9506 (8p-DIP)

MCU Lineup for Outdoor Unit Control

Max. operating frequency 64 V850E 64 100 SH-2 80 Memory Flash (KB) 128/256 128/256 256/480 256 Data flash RAM (KB) (KB) 8/12 8/12 8/12 8 A/D converter Inverter timer 12-bit 10-bit 2 2 2 2 10ch 10ch 7ch 4ch 8ch 12ch 12ch Serial SCI I2C SPI 4/3* 4/3* 4/3* 3 1 1 1 Package LQFP80 LQFP100 LQFP100 LQFP100

Series V850E/IF3 V850E/IG3 V850E/IG4 SH/7149

CPU

SH7146

80

256

12ch

LQFP80 LQFP100 LQFP80 LQFP64

RX62T**

RX

100

64

256

32/8

16/8

1 3

8ch

12ch

*: UART/Clock synchronous **: Under development

List of Photocouplers for Power Supplies

DC Input/Single-Transistor Output Type (Products Conforming to Overseas Various Safety Standards) Rating Package Part no. Characteristics

CTR (Current transfer ratio) BV VCEO IC Safty standard @1 minute Min. Max. FI VCE (V) (mA) Rank (Overseas safety standards) (kV r.m.s) (%) (%) (mA) (V) W L 130 100 50 50 200 130 100 80 50 200 130 100 80 50 150 100 50 50 200 100 50 50 150 100 100 50 100 50 260 300 150 400 400 260 200 160 400 400 260 200 160 400 300 300 150 300 400 300 150 400 300 300 400 400 300 150 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 UL, CSA, BSI SEMKO, CQC UL, CSA, VDE (option) UL, CSA, BSI SEMKO, NEMKO DEMKO, FIMKO CQC, VDE (option) UL, CSA, VDE (option) UL, CSA, BSI SEMKO, NEMKO DEMKO, FIMKO CQC VDE (option) UL, CSA, BSI SEMKO, NEMKO DEMKO, FIMKO CQC VDE (option) UL, CSA, SEMKO CQC VDE (option)

4-pin-LSOP

PS238-1 *1)

80

50 M N L

4-pin-DIP 4-pin-DP (LF) 4-pin-DP (LF) 4-pin-DP (LF)

PS2561A-1 PS2561AL-1 PS2561AL1-1 PS2561AL2-1

W 5 70 30 Q H N L

4-pin-DIP 4-pin-DP (LF) 4-pin-DP (LF) 4-pin-DP (LF)

PS2561D-1 *2) PS2561DL-1 5 PS2561DL1-1 PS2561DL2-1

W 80 50 Q H N P L

4-pin-SOP

PS2701A-1

3.75

70

30 M N K L

4-pin-SOP

PS2761B-1*1)

3.75

70

40 M N P L

4-pin-SSOP

PS2801C-1

2.5

80

30 M N L

4-pin-SSOP

PS2861B-1 *2) 3.75

70

50 M

50

300

VDE (option)

*1) Ta = 115

(guaranteed) *2) Ta = 110

(guaranteed)

Others
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Block

Recommended products HA17431 Series

Features, etc. Optimal for output voltage detection of outdoor unit power supply Optimal for active filter systems, highspeed switching Continuous conduction mode interleaving Continuous conduction mode single Critical conduction mode interleaving I2C-bus Interface *1

MCU Peripherals

*: Under development *1 I2C: Inter-Integrated Circuit *2 SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface

Related Application Notes/Sample Code

Title Power MOS FET application note R2A20114 application note * R2A20121 application note * R2A20132 application note * SH7080/SH7146/SH7125/SH7200 Series application note three-phase complementary PWM output Document No. REJ05G0001-0200 REJ06B0474-0100

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FM Transmitter Circuit
This entry was posted on Thursday, April 26th, 2007 at 11:08 pm and is filed under basic electronics, Circuit

diagram, fm transmitter,RF-Radio Frequency.

This circuit is a simple two transistor (2N2222) fm transmitter . No license is required for this transmitter according to FCC regulations regarding wireless microphones. If powered by a 9 volt battery and used with an antenna no longer than 12 inches, the transmitter will be within the FCC limits. The microphone is amplified by Q1. Q2, C5, and L1 form an oscillator that operates in the 80 to 130 MHz range. The oscillator is voltage controlled, so it is modulated by the audio signal that is applied to the base of Q2. R6 limits the input to the RF section, and its value can be adjusted as necessary to limit the volume of the input. L1 and C6 can be made with wire and a pencil. The inductor (L1) is made by winding two pieces of 24 gauge insulated wire, laid side by side, around a pencil six times. Remove the coil you have formed and unscrew the two coils apart from each other. One of these coils (the better looking of the two) will be used in the tank circuit, and the other can be used in the next one you build. The antenna (24 gauge wire) should be soldered to the coil you made, about 2 turns up from the bottom, on the transistor side, and should be 8-12 inches long. To make C6, take a 4 inch piece of 24 gauge insulated wire, bend it over double and, beginning 1/2 from the open end, twist the wire as if you were forming a rope. When you have about 1 of twisted wire, stop and cut the looped end off, leaving about 1/2 of twisted wire (this forms the capacitor) and 1/2 of untwisted wire for leads. source : http://www.free-electronic-circuits.com Related Links FM Transmitter circuit FM Antenna Amplifier Audio FM transmitter circuit VHF Transmitter circuit FM Stereo Transmitter with IC BA1404 TV Transmitter with BC547 FM Transmitter 4W by 2N3553 FM Transmitter with Op-amp LM358 VHF Audio Video Transmitter by BF494

9 Volt FM Transmitter Kit by BC338 Coil-less FM Transmitter by IC 40106

An low power FM Transmitter using an op-amp as the audio preamp and a single transistor as the RF amplifier.

Parts List
R1 4K7 R2 4K7 R3 4K7 R4 150K R5 220R R6 4K7 R7 3K9 (2K7) R8 120R (82R)

All resistors except R8 are at least 0.25W rated. R8 is at least 0.5W rated (the 0.6W metal film M-series from Maplin can be used for R1-R8). C1 1n C2 4u7 C3 1n VC1 5-60pF C4 22uF C5 1n C6 10n IC1 LM358 C7 10n C8 1n C9 33pF Q1 ZTX108 C10 1n

Notes L1 is 0.112uH (this tunes to the middle of the FM band, 98 MHz, with VC1 at its centre value of 33pF).
L1 is 5 turns of 22 swg enamelled copper wire close-wound on a 5mm (3/16") diameter former. Alternatively, you can have a fixed 33pF cap instead of VC1 and have L1 as an adjustable molded coil (eg UF64U from Maplin). VC1 will give you a tuning range of 85 - 125 MHz, and a possible choice is the Philips type polypropylene film trimmer (Maplin code WL72P).

Two sets of oscillator bias resistors are given, the ones in the brackets give about 20% more RF power. Mike is our favourite Omnidirectional sub-mini electret (Maplin code FS43W). Ant is a (lambda / 4) whip monopole (eg 76 cms of 22 swg copper wire). Q1 is configured as a Clapp oscillator. Frequency modulation results from the audio voltage changing the transistor's base-emitter capacitance.

This circuit is a simple two transistor (2N2222) FM transmitter. No license is required for this transmitter according to FCC regulations regarding wireless microphones. If powered by a 9 volt battery and used with an antenna no longer than 12 inches, the transmitter will be within the FCC limits. The microphone is amplified by Q1. Q2, C5, and L1 form an oscillator that operates in the 80 to 130 MHz range. The oscillator is voltage controlled, so it is modulated by the audio signal that is applied to the base of Q2. R6 limits the input to the RF section, and it's value can be adjusted as necessary to limit the volume of the input. L1 and C6 can be made with wire and a pencil. The inductor (L1) is made by winding two pieces of 24 gauge insulated wire, laid side by side, around a pencil six times. Remove the coil you have formed and unscrew the two coils apart from each other. One of these coils (the better looking of the two) will be used in the tank circuit, and the other can be used in the next one you build. The antenna (24 gauge wire) should be soldered to the coil you made, about 2 turns up from the bottom, on the transistor side, and should be 8-12 inches long. To make C6, take a 4 inch piece of 24 gauge insulated wire, bend it over double and, beginning 1/2" from the open end, twist the wire as if you were forming a rope. When you have about 1" of twisted wire, stop and cut the looped end off, leaving about 1/2" of twisted wire (this forms the capacitor) and 1/2" of untwisted wire for leads.

Simple FM Transmitter

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This circuit is a simple two transistor (2N2222) FM transmitter. No license is required for this transmitter according to FCC regulations regarding wireless microphones. If powered by a 9 volt battery and used with an antenna no longer than 12 inches, the transmitter will be within the FCC limits. The microphone is amplified by Q1. Q2, C5, and L1 form an oscillator that operates in the 80 to 130 MHz range. The oscillator is voltage controlled, so it is modulated by the audio signal that is applied to the base of Q2. R6 limits the input to the RF section, and it's value can be adjusted as necessary to limit the volume of the input. L1 and C6 can be made with wire and a pencil. The inductor (L1) is made by winding two pieces of 24 gauge insulated wire, laid side by side, around a pencil six times. Remove the coil you have formed and unscrew the two coils apart from each other. One of these coils (the better looking of the two) will be used in the tank circuit, and the other can be used in the next one you build. The antenna (24 gauge wire) should be soldered to the coil you made, about 2 turns up from the bottom, on the transistor side, and should be 8-12 inches long. To make C6, take a 4 inch piece of 24 gauge insulated wire, bend it over double and, beginning 1/2" from the open end, twist the wire as if you were forming a rope. When you have about 1" of twisted wire, stop and cut the looped end off, leaving about 1/2" of twisted wire (this forms the capacitor) and 1/2" of untwisted wire for leads.