[sdiy] Diode Matching (Was: MAD 1108 VCF6)

[harrybissell at wowway.com]

Could be... but it depends on what test current the voltage drop is
measured at. For most filters you will be interested in numbers from
maybe 5-10uA min and 500uA max. Beyond this you will have all kinds of thermal
problems with frequency (and maybe it won't matter...)

I would use a current source and measure voltage at maybe 100uA...

H^) harry


On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:06:46 -0700, JAMES GALLANT wrote
> Since I'm going to have to match diodes sometime soon, is it just as 
> simple setting my DMM to diode range and measuring the voltage drop?
> 
> James
> >
> >As has been pointed out before, MAD1108's arn't matched...  I just took a
> >bag of 100 1N914's and matched by hand.  I also replaced the diff 
> >transistor
> >pair with a 2SC1583 ( Harry's suggestion ).
> >
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