NE5534A end of life announced

If you go to Ti's site it would suggest that all types of NE5534 are for the chop. Not just the DIP version, but all of them. A search for 'NE5534' says 'active', but every stocked part says 'last time buy'. Am I missing something here? Is there a new package coming along that isn't listed?
 
The LM4562 of course has 12dB more current noise than the NE5534A and the issues with high susceptibility to RFI, no production testing for noise (with large variation by all accounts).
Ah... That's not entirely true. Voltage noise is tested in production as noted in the data sheet. Keep in mind that the spec table in the data sheet is a binding agreement between TI and the customer. If a number is in the 'limit' or min/max column it is measured in production.

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Current noise is not tested from what I can tell. If you're concerned with current noise, the LM4562 would not be your first choice anyway. The OPA1642 would be better, as mentioned earlier.

Tom
 
NE5534(A) is not EOL like Rupert Neve is.
LOL <snort>

It does appear the NE5534, NE5534A, SA5534, and SA5534A are all on lifetime buy. At least that's what I see both at Mouser and TI.

TI refers to the TLV9361/9362/9364 as a replacement for the NE5534. It does indeed look like that family has even lower current noise but the voltage noise is a smidge higher.

Tom
 
Ah... That's not entirely true. Voltage noise is tested in production as noted in the data sheet. Keep in mind that the spec table in the data sheet is a binding agreement between TI and the customer. If a number is in the 'limit' or min/max column it is measured in production.

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Current noise is not tested from what I can tell. If you're concerned with current noise, the LM4562 would not be your first choice anyway. The OPA1642 would be better, as mentioned earlier.

Tom
You didn't read footnote (4) - you don't get far in datasheet land by ignoring a footnote, the bad news is hidden there....
(4) Tested limits are specified to AOQL (Average Outgoing Quality Level).
Which basically means its statistically sampled, not tested for every die.

There have been several threads here about how a significant proportion of LM4562's have abnormally high 1/f noise (with popcorn noise), again evidence that noise is not tested on every die (it takes maybe minutes to screen for 1/f noise so its a production expense they don't want to have)

https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...pcorn-noise-current-situation-in-2023.396751/
 
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You didn't read footnote (4)
Ugh... Yeah. That's for pointing that out. There's been a big push in the industry to reduce cost by reducing testing. Guaranteed by design = guaranteed by simulation = cheap.

I'm quite aware of the popping corn LM4562. I've gone through a few reels of them now and have seen popcorn noise on occasion. Most of them have been well-behaved in my experience, though.

Tom