[sdiy] DCO ramp core / capacitor discharge transistors

Dave Manley dlmanley at sonic.net
Wed Dec 17 00:00:32 CET 2008


Tom Wiltshire wrote:

> 
> Can anyone tell me why we need to use a FET for the VCO, if the DCO can 
> get by with a NPN?

I can't name them off the top of my head, but there are VCO designs that 
use an NPN transistor instead of a FET for the timing cap reset.  I 
might have time to dig through some schematics tonight...

-Dave




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