[sdiy] "zener" noise

[Ken Stone]

Modern Zeners are not as effective due to improvements in Zener design.
Germanium will work, but the one time I saw a Germanium used, it was to get
a colored noise, rather than white, using the Germanium as the source of
coloration, rather than filtering.

Ken

>I'm contemplating a circuit that uses a reverse-biased base-emitter junction 
>as a noise source.  How would these compare with just using a zener diode of 
>a similar voltage range (around 7 or 8 volts)?
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>Can the same sort of thing be done with a germanium device rather than 
>silicon?
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