14 Dec
2011
14 Dec
'11
6:18 p.m.
On 12/14/2011 08:14 PM, Mouse wrote:
I'll let Tony wax poetic about that. :) That was my reference to the
incandescent bulb.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
New Kensington, PA
On the other, I'm considering an AGC circuit that
doesn't use a bulb,
but instead uses a FET as a variable resistor, and trying to figure out
where it's got anything nonlinear in it (assuming the amplifier is
running class A).
Jim Williams (RIP) did a LOT of research on this. The bulb
outperformed the FET by a gigantic margin. (just sayin'..)
That's a fascinating read; I'll try to find a pointer if you're
interested. (I have the saga in a paper book, "Analog Circuit Design:
Art, Science, and Personalites", one of my favorite books)
I am sure we
all know the stroy of Fred Terman and a certain research
student.
Doesn't sound familiar to me, for what that may be worth.