Need a circuit to noise test BJTs

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Even offset difference will be so small that matching is a waste of time, atleast in a hobby project.

However if it was a commercial product like a high precision instrumentation amplifier, then matching is highest priority.
 
Something like this?
 

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I really appeciate the idea. In the short time that I am readig this forum, I have seen that much concern is taken for THD, then less for offset, but very few for noise. If I remember well the noise should be indeed of concern specially with FET transistors that should (correct me if I am wrong) be affected of 1/f noise. Also I never have seen explicitely (maybe it was done anyway) dimensioning resistors for noise avoiding. I mean trading a higher dissipation with a smaller R. This is done always when you design measurement instruments. Sometimes I had also the impression ( i should research on that) that sophisticated schematics (i.e. cascoded and double CCSs, especially Zener ones) besides of the linearity (read THD) advantages may bring in additional noise. Very interesting post
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R1 = 11K, R2 = 5.6K for 1ma at +-12V, caps about 10uF, R3 about 100, R4 I’d just use a 1M pot and adjust it to a good level since you are just comparing transistors and don’t need to measure actual noise levels. Measure with a scope or a volt meter. Scope is better.
 
Note that:

* There is voltage and current noise. You want to test for both unless you're sure one is negligible for your application.
* To measure noise you want a well-defined bandwidth which is meaningful for your application (e.g. 20 kHz for audio). In other words: you need a low-pass filter somewhere.

Samuel
 
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