Transistor arrays and strange opamps
(Ian A. Vine (phone UK 0171 419 3450))
iav at hep.ucl.ac.uk
Fri Mar 7 10:55:33 CET 1997
Hi,
I am currently looking into building a small portable synth
based on the venerable tb303, probably with an extra oscillator
and a few modulatin options.
The oscillator uses a dual npn ( 2sc1583 ). I am considering using
a quad npn chip (en2016cn) the devices are similar to 2n3904
transistors. Anybody used the en2016cn? Any info on the 2sc1583 ?
OK next. The filter is a transistor ladder design based on 10 devices
all npn. THere are two dual npn's one is a 2sc1583, the other is
2sc2291, which I guess is a 2sc1583 except the emitters aren't
tied together. Again I'm looking at the en2016cn. Also is there
anything to be gained in having matched transistors throughout the
filter ladder ?
There are a couple of opamps I have been unable to find out anything
about, an6562 and ba6562a, anybody any ideas ? Of course all these
devices could well be Roland specific.
Just found another transistor array, the ca3046. This is a lot
cheaper but there is the additional problem of having to connect
the substrate to the most -ve voltage ( doesn't apply to en2016cn ).
The RS catalogue lists a few 2sc devices all made by Toshiba if that's
any help.
A lot of questions I know, but hopefully someone has the knowledge,
Thanks in advance,
Ian
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