[sdiy] 3080 and diff pair

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, karl dalen wrote:

>> No, but as far as nonlinearities go, 3080 is very similar to differential
>> pair.
>
> The output stage of a 3080 is quite different!

The output stage is pretty much just a bunch of current mirrors. The tanh 
distortion from a 3080, or any bifet-based OTA, is mainly from that 
initial differential pair.

  - Aaron

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