[sdiy] "zener" noise

[Mikael Mørup]

Citat "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at blazenet.net>:

> 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)?
>
> Can the same sort of thing be done with a germanium
> device rather than
> silicon?
>
I build Ray Wilsons "pink enough for me" module and it calls
for a setup like the one you refer to, i used a Zener in
stead and it works very well.

I woldn't know about the germanium diode though.

Mikael