Lumba Ogir said:Wavebourn,
transistors have a linear region, appointed by biasing.
No. The rest is skipped: if to discuss it is enough for the whole book. However, if to keep a ball-shaped horse in a vacuum it will be round enough.
Lumba Ogir said:
Let's see what we got here 🙂
transistors have a linear region, appointed by biasing.
No, transistors don't have a linear region. They have a region where the small signal approximation holds.
A higher Ic flattens variations in Gm, thereby in the impedance, which relates the input voltage to output current.
Variation of Gm with what? Which impedance? Maybe transconductance? Anyway, gm=Ic/Vt - always.
It can be mentioned here, that the tight I/Gm ratio of BJTs is not advantageous in transconductor applications, as nonlinearities in the current-voltage characteristic become large for small voltage swings.
What is I/Gm? Why isn't it advantageous? Where did you get this from?
In addition, FETs have better low-level signal amplifying ability due to lower intrinsic noise,
Nope, JFETs have generally larger voltage noise than bipolars. However, JFETs have virtually no input current noise, which is good for large source impedances, like a MM cartridge. Why do we use JFETs for MC? Because users were FUDed by "experts" that a few microamps through the coils are going to magnetize the whole cartridge. The same experts that recommend, for the ultimate sound quality, demagnetizing the vinyl LPs. The rest is convenience (self biasing, a few other details).
the current flowing through the channel uninterruptedly without crossing a P-N junction


also a much wider operating frequency range
Not necessary for small signal devices.
It is obvious that Vbe must be small. Emitter degeneration reduces it, alongside with Gm and the hurtful nonlinear temperature dependency.
Emitter degeneration (which, BTW, to your horror, is nothing but series in series out local negative feedback) does not reduce the gm. It trades gain for linearity, while gm is the same. Interesting enough, the gain of an emitter/source degenerated stage does not even depend on gm.
He said nothing useful. Just PhD overstatement. Lumba, don't feel too bad, he is just strutting his stuff with tight definitions, etc.
john curl said:He said nothing useful. Just PhD overstatement.
At this point, I must cross-quote you from the other thread:
john curl said:Not a good idea, especially on this thread. I only want to do the best possible for free. The cheaper efforts I need to be paid for.
Why would I say anything useful to you for free?
john curl said:Then, don't waste my time with the non-useful stuff.
Yeah, right, you are reading my posts forward and backward


And why are you wasting my time with non-useful stuff?
john curl said:English is not your first language, is it? If I misunderstand, you have expressed it wrongly.
Game over. You are a

Everyone else, I just want to say that the most success we have had on this thread in the past few days is the knowledge given that the 2SA1084 and its complement, are available to you, and your friends at a reasonable price.
These are NOT perfect, but they are amazing devices, beyond the comprehension of certain 'experts' in semiconductor theory and design.
This is because these devices are very low noise, very low Rbb' (as low as almost anything) low input capacitance, high beta, high voltage, AND AVAILABLE at a reasonable price. Who could ask for anything more, except for maybe obsolete (not made any more) fets or special quality tubes ?
These are NOT perfect, but they are amazing devices, beyond the comprehension of certain 'experts' in semiconductor theory and design.
This is because these devices are very low noise, very low Rbb' (as low as almost anything) low input capacitance, high beta, high voltage, AND AVAILABLE at a reasonable price. Who could ask for anything more, except for maybe obsolete (not made any more) fets or special quality tubes ?
john curl said:Everyone else, I just want to say that the most success we have had on this thread in the past few days is the knowledge given that the 2SA1084 and its complement, are available to you, and your friends at a reasonable price.
These are NOT perfect, but they are amazing devices, beyond the comprehension of certain 'experts' in semiconductor theory and design.
This is because these devices are very low noise, very low Rbb' (as low as almost anything) low input capacitance, high beta, high voltage, AND AVAILABLE at a reasonable price. Who could ask for anything more, except for maybe obsolete (not made any more) fets or special quality tubes ?
You did not disclose the part numbers, but only Hitachi as a manufacturer:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1829152#post1829152
Somebody else (Allen Wright) identified the exact parts:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1830124#post1830124
and you did not even 100% confirmed, but only a "maybe":
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1830236#post1830236
It was me identifying a NA supplier for these parts:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1830824#post1830824
You did not even want to believe they are still available:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1831096#post1831096
Somebody else (Allen Wright) identified a supplier for Europe:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1831118#post1831118
Bottom line, your contribution about 2SA1084 and it's NPN counterpart was prety much what you always do for free. Thanks for nothing.
It depends... For me, the thread is brilliant: Syn08 gave away his excellent design of a preamp, and inspired many discussions where we shared knowledge, experience, opinions, and learned from each other...
...also, we know each other better now.
...also, we know each other better now.
Just for clarity, just this afternoon, while lunching with my latest technician, I mentioned the thread, and said that although I did not get much real information, because most of the designs put forth are 20-40 years behind, comparable to my earlier efforts, I do learn new things, such as that the 2SA1084 is actually available these days. Last time that I checked, they were not available. Good thing to know, but I have about 100 of each device and I have no circuit where they would properly fit at the moment. However, it is the LINKS that many of you provide, that makes my effort worthwhile. Thanks again.
Or at least useful... 2sa1085, led me to 2sc2547 , another good candidate for my differentials ,noise is better than the 1845's.It depends... For me, the thread is brilliant:
Wonder how "tight" the manufacturing will be ? (matching). 🙂
OS
ostripper said:
Or at least useful... 2sa1085, led me to 2sc2547 , another good candidate for my differentials ,noise is better than the 1845's.
Wonder how "tight" the manufacturing will be ? (matching). 🙂
OS
Check Zetex devices also, will be surprised.
john curl said:because most of the designs put forth are 20-40 years behind, comparable to my earlier efforts,
John, I truely hope that some day you will tire of saying this over and over. The repetition does not make it true.
The truth is in the record of my designs. Many here amaze me, in how they are following a path plowed decades ago, including you, at times, although you have not personally followed me, you have followed others.
john curl said:you have followed others.
There is a special obsession in our technical culture with finding out who did what first and reminding everyone of it ad nauseam. For instance I'm sure Jim Williams would not complain if you pointed out Lord Kelvin did such and such first. You can probably bore yourself to death reading about how Steve Jobs lifted the MAC interface from Xerox PARC and at least a 100 persons views on what "really" happened. 😴
OK, let us be precise about the 2SA1024 series of complementary devices.
Today, I found MY copy of the spec sheets that are about 30 years old. It was filed under Japanese transistors, but had been put aside, years ago, in fact it was SO OLD that it missed the firestorm that took 90% of my paperwork in 1991, as I had it filed in a dead file at my office rather than in my working file at home.
Yes, it is true that I forgot the exact number, AND it is not printed on the parts either. I can tell you what is on the part that should be the 2SA1024. It is: S5402, A E, 7J3 , ECB
These horizontal rows are arranged vertically over each other.
IS THE ANY QUESTION WHY I COULD NOT BE SURE OF THE DEVICE NUMBER, until I had finally found the device data sheet?
Now, these parts are so old, 30 years old, that they were almost forgotten, BUT I had evaluated them in the past, and they really were the best of kind devices I have ever found, including anything yet ventured here by anyone else.
I moved on to complementary j-fets for low noise design in 1981, so it didn't matter.
That's how old my info is, yet it as good, or better than virtually anyone here. I wish it were not so, so give me more real info, and I will thank you for it.
Today, I found MY copy of the spec sheets that are about 30 years old. It was filed under Japanese transistors, but had been put aside, years ago, in fact it was SO OLD that it missed the firestorm that took 90% of my paperwork in 1991, as I had it filed in a dead file at my office rather than in my working file at home.
Yes, it is true that I forgot the exact number, AND it is not printed on the parts either. I can tell you what is on the part that should be the 2SA1024. It is: S5402, A E, 7J3 , ECB
These horizontal rows are arranged vertically over each other.
IS THE ANY QUESTION WHY I COULD NOT BE SURE OF THE DEVICE NUMBER, until I had finally found the device data sheet?
Now, these parts are so old, 30 years old, that they were almost forgotten, BUT I had evaluated them in the past, and they really were the best of kind devices I have ever found, including anything yet ventured here by anyone else.
I moved on to complementary j-fets for low noise design in 1981, so it didn't matter.
That's how old my info is, yet it as good, or better than virtually anyone here. I wish it were not so, so give me more real info, and I will thank you for it.
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