DEF Amp

there is a thread about DEF amp

so , predecessor to SIT-3 , being called exactly DEFiSIT

you have enough info in SissySIT threads , I gave measurements of my exemplar , and I believe Papa's is pretty much the same

at least I made mine ( rail voltage particulary) by his words and there is no anything else to set , besides output node voltage level

in short - if DEF is on sale , grab it - it's damn rare breed and will stay like that
 
Here are those curves, taken from a BAF talk a couple years ago.

They were taken from this amp or its brothers.
 

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Vgs, Mr. Pass?

Nice thing about the DEF is that it is only the difference in Vgs that is
critical. That Vgs would be taken at expected operating current and
voltage for perfection. That Vgs difference will alter the bias current
as divided by the sum of the inverse transconductance of the devices.

For example, if the depletion mode device Vgs is 1A at -4V, and has a
transconductance of 2 and the enhancement mode device is +3.9V with
transconductance of 3. The the increase is bias would be seen as

increase I = .1V/(1/2 + 1/3) = .12 amps

If the depletion mode Vgs is greater than the enhancement mode Vgs,
then your bias is high, which is better than otherwise, as you can insert
a little resistance so as to bring it down.

I got some of my pairs down to .1V or so, and the extra bias doesn't
bother me.

:cheers: