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- From: allana@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Allan Armstrong)
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:22:55 GMT
- Subject: Re: quiet current sources. Any ideas?
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- Organization: HP Santa Rosa Site (SRSD MWTD)
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- References: <1992Dec18.203205.20576@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.
-
- Bypassed or not, the zener will contribute the most noise in the circuit
- due to avalanche breakdown. You can get far lower noise in any of a number of
- ways.
-
- You could replace the zener with a number of forward-biased diodes (any
- kind).
-
- You could replace the zener with a resistive voltage divider.
-
- Or you could use a bandgap reference (AD makes some of these) and
- multiply it up with an op amp.
-
- Allan
-