prefered component list

[Harry Bissell]

Oh.. I get it... Europe.
I'll add some USA flavor then...

Martin Czech wrote:

> First of all many thanx to G. Richter and R. Schmitz and all the others
> I can not remember just now for interesting contributions to the list
> in this respect.
>
> We all have our favourite components for sdiy.  It takes a long time to
> see all the different schematics and to see all those nice components.
> Therefore I've started a little list of devices mentioned on sdiy,
> necessarily incomplete.  Maybe you want to add your favourite device or
> application, or comments about measurement data, or experiences etc. Or
> explain some components I obviously know nothing about.
>
> The list is by no means complete or 100% correct.
>
> Some help would be nice!
>
> PREFERED DISCRETE & INTEGRATED COMPONENTS FOR ANALOG SDIY:
>
> Diodes:
>
> Diode Universal Si (DUS): 1N4148
> Low leakage diode:
> Very low leakage diode (JFET junction):
> Fast recovery Schottky: BAT41?
> Diode Bridge: BGX50A   <Motorola MAD1108 8 discrete or CA3046 B-E>
> Germanium:       <IN34A or shottky IN5817 almost same forward drop...)

> Bipolar Transistors:
>
> universal npn: BC549C (also low noise, this is my choice, because I have 5000 of them!)
> <2N3904>
> universal pnp: BC559C (also low noise, this is my choice, because I have 5000 of them!)
> <2N3906>
>
> dual bipolar npn (expo converter, current mirror): 2SC1583  (Rbe 1.3 Ohm, beta 260 @10mA)
> dual bipolar pnp (expo converter, current mirror): 2SC3381
> dual bipolar npn (expo converter, current mirror): 2SA1349 (complementary to 2SC3381)
>
> dual matched bipolar npn: MAT02 (Re 0.3 Ohm, out of production ?)
> dual matched bipolar pnp: MAT03 (out of production ?)
> dual matched bipolar npn: LM394 (Re 1.1 Ohm, out of production ?)
>
> bipolar npn: 2N3904 (poor mans expo converter?)
> bipolar pnp: 2N3906 (poor mans expo converter?)
>
> Low noise bipolar npn : BC549C (Rbe 1.2 Ohm ?)
> Low noise bipolar pnp : BC559C
>
> Dual npn current mirror: BCV61
> Dual pnp current mirror: BCV62
>
> BC558
> BC548
>
> NPN array: LM3046 (crap, Rbe 4.8 Ohm, beta 90 @10mA)
> PNP array: LM3096 (even crapier)
>
> JFETs:
>
> universal N-JFET: BF244 (A,B,C grade identify threshold voltage, you have to measure anyway)
> universal P-JFET:
>
> n channel jfet: 2N4856
>
> jfet: 2N3819
> jfet: 2N4391
>
> dual n-channel jfet: 2SK389  (max 20mV delta Vgs)
> dual p-channel jfet: 2SJ109  (complementary to 2SK389)
> dual n-channel jfet: 2N3958
>
> MOSFETs:
>
> Low channel leakage NMOST without ESD-Protection:
> Low channel leakage PMOST without ESD-Protection:
>
> Low Ron switch NMOST:   Siliconix VN1206

>
> Low Ron switch PMOST:  Siliconix VP0808
>
> Comparators:
> <LM339> Quad, single supply, cheap
> LM311
> LM319 (dual, faster, 50-100ns)
> NE521 (dual, even faster, 10ns, with RS-FF)
>
> Low Input Bias Current OPA:
>
> CA3140 (MOS, ESD protection diodes, temperature?)
> OPA132 (JFET, low temp only)
>
> Universal OPA:
> LM741 (bipolar, unity gain compensated)
> LM748 (bipolar, decompensated)
> LF356 (jfet, unity gain compensated)
> LF357 (jfet, gain > 5 compensated)
> TL081 (jfet, also dual or quad)
> TL071 (jfet, also dual or quad, lower noise)
> TL051 (jfet, also dual or quad, more speed)
>
> Low Offset, Low Offset drift OPA:
> OP07  (bipolar, attention, very different grades)
> LM411 (jfet, also dual)
>
> Low Noise OPA:
> TL071    (also dual or quad)
> TL051    (also dual or quad, faster)
> NE5534   (decompensated)
> NE5532   (dual, unity gain compensated)
> OP47     (ultra low noise)
> OP175    (low noise, low current, also dual)
> SSM2217  (balanced preamp, low noise)
>
> Multipliers:
> MC1496  (nonlinear carrier input)
> RC4200  (basically one quadrant)
>
> OTAs:
> nonlinear input stage: CA3080
> linearized input stage: LM13600
> linearized input stage: LM13700
>
> VCAs:
> exponential VCA: SSM2018
> exponential VCA: SSM2218 (current output)
>
> Timer:
> ICM7555 (CMOS version of 555 timer, less spiky)
>
> PLL:
> CA4046
>
> m.c.

<  :^) Harry  >