3080 in Tri to Sin converter for ASM1

[John Speth]

At 03:46 PM 5/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Gene and others:
>
>Please explain the function of the 3080 in the Tri-sine converter for 
>the ASM1.

The 3080 is driven hard to *gently* saturate at high signal levels.  This
means that it becomes more non-linear as the input voltage increases.  And
the idea is that, if you drive it with a tri signal, you'll get a pretty
good sine approximation out.  

John Speth (johns at oei.com)
Object Engineering, Inc.
Vancouver, WA