[sdiy] Saw core JFET mystery

[Ian Fritz]

At 02:21 PM 3/1/2010, 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.

I never heard of the "De" before just now. I have one of his papers from 
1976 right here in front of me and it's Sergio Franco. I've never heard or 
seen it any other way.

So another piece of misinformation to go ringing around the net forever 
...  Tony needs to fix that.

Ian