tranny pairs

Rob Rickner rrickner at zoo.uvm.edu
Thu May 11 14:09:36 CEST 2000


Just out of curiosity, exactly how does one go about matching transistors.
I thinking about building an OB-1 Phase Shifter, I think that's what it's
called, and it asks for matched pairs.  How no you do it?
Rob

tomg wrote:

> I have secured a source for the 2SC1583 NPN pair they are $0.85 ea.
> I also have the 2SA798 PNP pair they are also $0.85 ea.  Let's say
> a minimum of 5 pieces to make the trip to the post office worth it. As I
> can now get them reliably I am going to start using these in everything.
>
> They are not "Super" transistors they are however matched monolithic
> pairs and usually more than adequate for synth design. I like the pin
> out a lot! It's B-C-E-C-B inline.
>
> Tom




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