Something new(ish)? (Re: 1970's again? (was Re: [sdiy] pro EQs))

[James Patchell]

Germanium and Schottkey diodes will basically act the same, because of the 
feedback loop of the opamp, the diodes are made to behave ideally...

PIN diodes are something different...I am not sure off hand what tou would get.

At 01:42 PM 12/31/2004 -0500, anthony wrote:

>>Ideal Diode function generators....
>
>Great info!
>
>I think maybe instead of the relatively large number of diodes per op amp used
>in the original article that I found, using several ideal diodes and 
>adding more to taste
>would be better. But a huge huge array of diodes could be super funky.
>
>Heck I have my breadboard right here. Lemme see...
>
>I think this would be a lot more nerve wracking for me if I wasn't just 
>poking around
>for some random coolness. :-)
>
>But the ideal diode stuff looks like a more promising route.
>
>Some questions:
>
>How do germanium diodes compare?
>Has anyone tried weird dioes, like PIN diodes.
>Or how about Schottkey diodes? (which aren't really weird)
>

         -Jim
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