[sdiy] LF398 and droop

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Thursday 17 May 2007 01:33, mark verbos wrote:
> How bad will a S&H build from an LF398 perform if a ceramic cap is
> used? I built one using a .01 ceramic and I can actually watch the
> voltage falling on the output. Is this the cap type? Am I missing
> something?

That's probably the worst choice you could have made for a cap.  I seem to 
remember ARP using polycarbonate,  but have also seen polystyrene in other 
gear.  One of those two should give you much better results.

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