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- From: gfl@herahera.cc.bellcore.com (lenahan,grant f)
- Subject: Re: quiet current sources. Any ideas?
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 15:00:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.150028.1331@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- rg@kunikpok.UUCP (R.G. Keen) writes:
- > gfl@herahera.cc.bellcore.com (lenahan,grant f) writes:
- >
- > > I need to modify an input buffer for lower noise.
- > >
- > > Can anyone suggest a method for making a _quiet_
- > > 15-ish mA constant current source? The olde zener-
- > > bipolar solution is proving noisy.
- > >
- >
- > Try bypassing the zener.
-
- Oh, I've tried quite a few things. Understand that a B-E
- junction is very noisy, and that the effective impedance of a
- current source is very high. Thus voltage noise across it
- is also high.
-
- Combine this with the amplifying effect of a BJT on any
- voltage reference noise, and the problem becomes significant -
- and hard to fix.
-
- The answer will fall in one of two areas:
- 1 - filter the BE junction (can't filter output or zener)
- 2 - find an alternate current source
-
- I prefer the latter, and still solicit inputs. But about 20 hours
- of various people's time have already gone into this - its become
- annoying!
-
- Thanks again, and thanks for your suggestion. Regrettable its
- not so simple as a noisy Zener.
-
- Grant
- gfl@hera.cc.bellcore.com
-
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