Linear Tech Current Source (LT3092)

Neat!

I was thinking of using it as a current source in the first and/or second stages of a triple darlington output stage (no more calculating/guestimating resistor values, just use one of these!).

Samples/stock are not available yet (according to findchips.com) - I hope they become available soon!
 
i'm interested in any results with them too, I spotted them along with some very interesting integrated active filter building blocks when I was at the linear site the other day. maybe i'll just bite the bullet
 
Resurrecting an old thread. I've been using the LT3092 for several years now and it does what is promised in the datasheet.
But for my current project, it's acting weird in LTspice. Don't know if it's the model (it's the official LT/AD model).

The idea is that since this chip produces a constant current, you can set a voltage by running that current through a resistor, selected for the needed voltage. Except that in this small demo circuit, the LT3092 constant current isn't.
The current through R5 is supposed to be constant, independent of it's resistance, within the chip's parameters of course, but isn't. Am I missing something?

Jan
 

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