Now, I have on it the pairs of IRF530/IRF9610 on positive with 3.3R (R1).
Almost 183-185mA total current and available for the reg requirements 103-110mΑ about.
I am going to looking to my storage about these...and maybe you are lucky!
Not changing for M1, but only for M2. So IRF630 M2 test only in your positive example.
Simulation shows a little greater (4 times more than IRL530) output impedance (120uOhm up to 10kHz, 365uOhm at 100kHz).IRF630 M2 test
BTW with IRL3803 the Rout below 10uOhm up to 10kHz, and 60uOhm at 100kHz.
p.s. +5V, 0.5A
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I am expecting higher with 630 too, that is why I have the 530 as standard, although my model shows using the 530 & 630 closer than 4x but with more phase margin. Layout and cables shall mostly swamp such μΩ dif worries though. Sims ah... alright, but we also have Lemon who is the real food testing crocodile around here 😀
BTW with IRL3803 the Rout below 10uOhm up to 10kHz, and 60uOhm at 100kHz.
p.s. +5V, 0.5A
IRL3803 also has very high Ciss pF though
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Hmm, very interesting experiment!
After, two days of tries to an analogue dac output (symmetrical 15V) and as a pre-regulator (positive 8.1V) on AK4490 dac, I prefer the 1K vs 280 Ohm, especially on role of pre-regulator on a digital equipment.
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Hi,
I'm going to use ultraBIB for a DAC with on board regulators and I can't decide about the proper implementation: bypass on board regs and supply the DAC directly from BIB or use it as pre-regulator? What would you suggest?
Considering that your dac will most likely need voltages below 5V, and that the UltraBiB will only go down to about 5V, you don't really have a choice.
Use Reflektors, because you need 3,3V for DVDD & AVDD Ak4490. VDDL/R & VREFHL/R need 5V-7V, good place for the ultraBiB.
Thanks for replies! I was speaking about voltage BIB can do. Reflektors are already in plan for the rest.
Maybe with slower powerful MOSFETS like IRF9640/IRF640 and a big sink
I was also thinking of making the extra positive board from the group buy as a linear PSU for my Raspberry Pi3. Does these mosfets IRF9640/640 sufficient to give 5.1V 2A? Do I need to change anything else apart from the mosfets as big heat sinks I already have good ones, so I am covered in that part.
Also I have couple of spare positive boards from BiB 1.1 version, so can I use these boards with the above mosfets for 5.1V @ 2A?
Thanks
Those MOSFETS for M1&M2 and a 0.27R 5W R1 should make and handle 2.2A CC in the 1.3. What else to change depends on load dynamics. If the Pi3 allows for high wasted (spare) current at times like 0.5A on M2 then R9 should be higher value 1k. If it allows for 0.75A wasted at times then 1.5k. Heat and phase margin in super shunts go worst during high ratio of pk/average load consumption cycles by computers. Because a super shunt (old name of CCS biased shunt regs) must burn itself what's not put out to the load. About using the 1.1 for that I haven't analyzed but possibly.
Use Reflektors, because you need 3,3V for DVDD & AVDD Ak4490. VDDL/R & VREFHL/R need 5V-7V, good place for the ultraBiB.
No bad feelings here, but I always preferred BiB over the Ref-D in both analogue and digital circuits. These are my subjective ¢5.
Maybe with slower powerful MOSFETS like IRF9640/IRF640 and a big sink
Simulation wise IRF9640/IRF640 are better choice for the shunt transistor. I didn't go for a practical comparison, tho

Hi Salas,
In bib 1.1 it was possible to replace electrlyties with polypropylene caps for "better" subjective SQ. Is it also possbile in Ultra version? If so then what polypropylene value would you recommend for 220uf and for 33uf?
Thanks,
In bib 1.1 it was possible to replace electrlyties with polypropylene caps for "better" subjective SQ. Is it also possbile in Ultra version? If so then what polypropylene value would you recommend for 220uf and for 33uf?
Thanks,
For C3 no way. Its specific termination spec for stability. For C2, even in case your application does not care much about increased very low frequency noise vs using higher value electrolytic for filtering the Vref, you should not try less than 10uF film cap in this version.
For C3 no way. Its specific termination spec for stability. For C2, even in case your application does not care much about increased very low frequency noise vs using higher value electrolytic for filtering the Vref, you should not try less than 10uF film cap in this version.
Thanks. I will try it.
No plans right now lets see how this one goes with plug-in directly upgrading for BiB people first, but I will possibly examine a DCin/DCout only, smaller size version in the near future.
I'd be very interested in a SMD version 😀
The priority was to first make a plug-in upgrade to the many years popular BiB 1.1 so to can advance the already built systems around it and skip its increasingly faked (or increasingly rare and expensive when real) Toshiba JFETS issue. Also to much simplify the pre-configuration. But I don't exclude I will design any additional physical formats for the 1.3 successor if it will nowadays prove as much popular as the 1.1 was.
BTW. Salas what is the lowest voltage I could set with bib ultra? I am wonder if I could power directelly current hungy avcc of es9038pro. Safe is even 3.6V, but i can go as high as 4V with cooling.
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