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- From: matthews@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Thomas W. Matthews)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: quiet current sources. Any ideas?
- Message-ID: <20563@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:44:03 GMT
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- Sorry, I left something out so I have to follow up on my own posting.
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- That is of course an N-channel power mosfet to be used in the current sink
- circuit. An NPN bipolar transistor will also work, but has a larger
- equivalent input current noise resulting in slightly worse noise performance.
-
- I also failed to mention that a zener could be used to develop the voltage
- reference to minus V. To bypass (filter) the reference voltage, use an
- R-C filter, don't just put a cap across the Zener. Connect a resistor
- between the reference voltage (the "bar" end of the zener) and the
- non-inverting op-amp input, and then add a capacitor from the
- non-inverting op-amp input to minus V (not necessarily ground).
- You should also decouple the plus supply voltage of the op-amp to
- minus V.
-
- Hopefully, with this extra info, you can breadboard the circuit
- quickly to see if it works for you. It is supposed to be very
- very quiet.
-
- Tom Matthews
-