super nice transconductance amplifiers

[Sean Costello]

The Dark force of dance wrote:

> Y-ellow Y'all.
>         A little bit to the left of centre but what about those CA3094 power
> OTAs that EH seem to like so much? I think it's EH. Used in guitar and bass
> synths. Just curious why they'd use them in audio. The data sheet shows them
> being used in Power supplies. Admittedly I've only taken a cursory glance at
> them but they looked kinda interesting.

>From what I remember (which isn't too much), the 3094 was a 3080-type device
with a weird Darlington-type buffer built in (sort of like the 13600, except the
output of the 3094's OTA is hardwired to the buffer, I think). The other feature
is that the 3094 works off of single-ended supplies, which makes it good to use
in stomp boxes running of of +9V.  I hope this info is correct; it may have just
been a fantasy concocted by my feverish brain.

Sean Costello