Mouser's name for a MAT-02

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Rob" <cyborgzero at home.com>
Subject: Re: Mouser's name for a MAT-02
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 10:21:18 -0500

> Yes, but are these really neccesary, or can two standard matched trannies
> epoxied together do the trick?

You can use standard transistors, find a matched pair, glue them
together and use that. Sure.

It's all a matter of deciding if one wants to do the whole procedure
or just get a ready-made. The closer matching you want to do, the more
troubles you have to go through. One has to have a good measurement
setup (either in a DMM or people roll their own, like the well known
Moog matching setup), one has to have a relatively many transistors
in order to find a good matching pair and one also needs to be
carefull when handling the transistors (they need to be at the same
temperature, so fingers may heat them up diffrently).

I personally prefer to spend the few hours that I have for DIY doing
other things, but I have not ruled out matching either. I've even
spent money in order to be well prepared.

Cheers,
Magnus