Korg diode

[Grant Richter]

I measured the reverse leakage of 10 x 1N914 diodes at room temperature. All
have leakage's under 10 nano-amperes at 15 volts. That will probably vary by
batch.


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>From: Haible Juergen <Juergen.Haible at nbgm.siemens.de>
>To: Bjorn Julin <bnillson at hotmail.com>, oldcrow at oldcrows.net
>Cc: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
>Subject: RE: Korg diode
>Date: Mon, Oct 23, 2000, 6:48 AM
>

>  >I my suspisousness about using the 1n4148 is werifyed
>  >and i believe that your 1n914 has the same problem!
>  >They both leeaks to much. Affects tuning at low notes!
>
> In which way would that be exactly ?
> I only had problems with 1n4148 diodes when I tried to
> use them for *huge* sweep range VCOs, like a
> several-minutes-LFO to high audio range VCO.
> No problem in Korg audio range VCOs so far.
> (But I'm aware that the diodes I've used might be
> much better than worst case specs, of course.)
>
> JH.
>