Low noise JFET for cascode current source

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The capacitances are higher than wished for for a CCS.

Calvin

can you use a low capacitance device for the cascode ?

the cascode device doesn't contribute much noise, so you can choose based on capacitance

with the cascode, the ccs device underneath doesn't have dynamic voltages, so the capacitance is much less important

or am i missing something??
 
"with the cascode, the ccs device underneath doesn't have dynamic voltages, so the capacitance is much less important"

What's more is those cascode devices present a low impedance to the capacitance underneath it. The designer doesn't have to care about the capacitance of large die matched transistors.
 
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