[sdiy] Speaking of OTAs/Matched Pairs????

[Paul Perry]

At 11:55 PM 12/03/01 -0000, Colin Fraser wrote:

>If the CA3086 is just a 3046 without matching guaranteed, isn't that likely
>to mean that matching is guaranteed to be outside the spec for the '46 ?
>
>i.e. 3086 = 3046 that failed the matching test
>
Usually not, these days.
The main cost of a guaranteed chip, is the testing.
So, once enough pass, they stop testing & the rest are badged
as unspec.
So you can often get lucky. But, you cant depend on it.

paul perry melbourne australia