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<DIV> Hi Ian</DIV>
<DIV> Yes, thanks lots. I have been reading so many data sheets</DIV>
<DIV> my eyes hurt. </DIV>
<DIV> Jeri</DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: JH. <jhaible@debitel.net><BR>To: synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl; Ian Fritz <ijfritz@earthlink.net><BR>Sent: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 15:37:38 +0200<BR>Subject: Re: [sdiy] OTA shootout, cont'd.<BR><BR>
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Thanks for your sharing your research, Ian!
JH.
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From: "Ian Fritz" <<A href="mailto:ijfritz%40earthlink.net">ijfritz@earthlink.net</A>>
To: <<A href="mailto:synth-diy%40dropmix.xs4all.nl">synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</A>>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:33 PM
Subject: [sdiy] OTA shootout, cont'd.
> Hi listers --
>
> I got ahold of some LM13700 and NE5517 samples and took a quick look at
> them from the viewpoint of the Iabc linearity. Happily, all the devices
> had acceptable performance, with non-linearities under 2%. Some of the
> 13700's even came in at ~0.2%.
>
> So why the discrepancy with the results on the 13600's I reported
> before? I believe the difference may simply be the grade of the
> device. The present 13700 and 5517 devices are primo "AN" parts, whereas
I
> only have 13600's in the vanilla "N" grade.
>
> Bottom line? The current devices can be pretty good if you pay up for the
> high grade "A" variety and if you are willing to select for critical
> parameters such as feedthrough and linearity.
>
> Ian
>
>
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