John Curl's Blowtorch preamplifier part II

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the Putzey interveiw wasn't bad, but for linear amplification, including analysis of (multistage) clipping, a lot of higher order loop compensation was published by 1980 - in Russian, see BJ Lurie Dr. Boris J. Lurie's Journal Articles

I only know his work from his English language books, 1st in 1986 - by the uni library date due slip stamps I was only the 2nd person in a decade to check it out

and for this thread I don't think the order of the feedback Putzey uses is relevant since few are making self oscillating Class D - 'self oscillating' means the spontaneaous large signal rail to rail clipping is the normal mode of operation due to the 'excess' phase shift of his circuit
 
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I was at Fort Mason just yesterday, for the American Craft Show SF, which is a juried exhibition -- they only accept the very best work. Bought some very nice items for home decoration AND had a spectacular lunch at The Greens restaurant (located within Fort Mason). If you're at all interested in high end vegetarian cuisine, check out their cookbooks #1 and #2. If you're coming to San Francisco for BAF-2017 and spending the night in town, I recommend you consider getting a reservation at The Greens. It's mind blowing.
 
That would be on Nov 12 at Ft. Mason, folks!

Yes, and we are getting ready! It would be great to see you all, especially Jan Didden and Scott Wurcer there! And, of course, John Curl himself!



the Putzey interveiw wasn't bad, but for linear amplification, including analysis of (multistage) clipping, a lot of higher order loop compensation was published by 1980 - in Russian, see BJ Lurie Dr. Boris J. Lurie's Journal Articles

I was pissed off when they in USSR forced us to solve differencial equations on analog computers! I thought that they just used ancient technology because they still had it... But later I become aware and grateful for that. They trained us to get taste of feedback, to feel by guts control and other systems with multiple feedback loops! 😀

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I used to LOVE analog computers, at least the concept, but then I love just about anything analog! '-) The picture at the left is someone like me running the computer that I used to run over 50 years ago.

I used to think of myself, as a "Progressive Guy, Solid State Future Forever"! 😀
It was something odd to see that huge cases with "obsolete" vacuum tubes inside. :rofl:
 
I fixed the Analog Computer used for a couple of labs in the intro Control Systems course I was taking - used RCA CA3140 from my own hobby electronics stock

the course had another lab writing a simple numerical integration and feedback loop in Fortran on the VAX 11/780 - they were very excited, the VAX for the Mech E Dept being new that year
 
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