In a previous article, Design a Bipolar to Unipolar Converter to Drive an ADC, I presented a method for designing a bipolar to unipolar converter using a summing amplifier. In this article I am going to show more examples of bipolar to unipolar converters which are based on a summing amplifier configuration. You can adapt them to your needs if you use the method I described in the previous article.
Input -1V to +1V, Output 0V to +5V, Reference voltage +5V
Figure 1
Input -2V to +2V, Output 0V to +5V, Reference voltage +5V
Figure 2
Input -3V to +3V, Output 0V to +5V, Reference voltage +5V
Figure 3
Input -10V to +10V, Output 0V to +5V, Reference voltage +2.5V
Figure 4
Input -5V to +5V, Output 0V to +5V, Reference voltage +2.5V
Figure 5
Input -1V to +1V, Output 0V to +5V, Reference voltage +2.5V
Figure 6
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