[sdiy] Saw core JFET mystery

[Eric Brombaugh]

On 03/01/2010 02:21 PM, David G. Dixon wrote:
>> Perhaps David meant the "De Franco resistor", a technique discovered by
>> Sergio De Franco to improve the response time of JFET reset transistors
>> in VCOs? Googling turns up these documents with some details:
>
> But seriously, folks...
>
> Actually, no, I meant Franco.  The man's name is Sergio Franco.  He teaches
> at San Francisco State University, and he wrote a standard textbook on
> designing with opamps, "Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog
> Integrated Circuits."  He has published many excellent papers on frequency
> compensation, among other topics, and there is no "de" in his name as far as
> I can tell.

Don't go by what I wrote - I was basing my reply on the Oakley docs 
which said Sergio De Franco.

Eric

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