[sdiy] Discrete buffer distortion

[Jerry Gray-Eskue]

Yep it looks like I was confused on that point. 

Thanks for pointing that out.

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From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Aaron Lanterman
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 1:09 PM
To: synth diy
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Discrete buffer distortion



On Sep 26, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Jerry Gray-Eskue wrote:

>
> It sounds like you are operating the transistor in the Small Signal  
> region,
> in this area of operation the output is non linear, once you hit the  
> large
> signal area the buffer should act in a close to linear fashion.
>
> This small signal area is used in the expo converters, sine wave  
> shapers and
> several distortion effects to name a few of the applications.
>
> Diodes also have a similar small signal region and can be used in a  
> very
> similar manner.

Uhm, isn't it the other way around? Behavior is assumed linear for  
small signals, but gets nonlinear for larger ones?

- Aaron
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