[sdiy] ODP: SMT transistor for white noise?

Roman modular at go2.pl
Sat Dec 13 09:06:39 CET 2025


IMHO the best SMD transistor for noise is tiny microcontroller in SOT23-6 running LFSR.

Roman 

---- Użytkownik Mike Beauchamp napisał ----

>I'm noticing my latest batch of MMBT3904 by ONSEMI are barely creating 
>any white noise, requiring about 8000x gain to get up to +/- 5V.
>
>Previous batches of the MMBT3904 only required about 500x gain to get up 
>to +/- 5V. When I was using TH 2N3904, I think the gain required was 
>only about 200x.
>
>This much gain is also making something on the board (ceramic caps, the 
>transistor itself?) pretty microphonic and tapping on the board is now 
>audible.
>
>Before I order a few dozen samples of different transistors off digikey 
>to test, I'm wondering if anybody had any go-to parts for SMT 
>transistors that are still noisy?
>
>Mike
>
>________________________________________________________
>This is the Synth-diy mailing list
>Submit email to: Synth-diy at synth-diy.org
>View archive at: https://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/
>Check your settings at: https://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy
>Selling or trading? Use marketplace at synth-diy.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/attachments/20251213/fdb82d9f/attachment.htm>


More information about the Synth-diy mailing list