Re: [time-nuts] Questions about TAC frontend, and some measurements

2012-12-23 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Fabio Eboli wrote: Hello, Bruce Using saturated transistors as switches in the current source and elsewhere isn't conducive to fast switching. The traditional arrangement using current mode switches is much faster and more predictable. This is something I'd like to understand better. I'm

Re: [time-nuts] Questions about TAC frontend, and some measurements

2012-12-23 Thread Fabio Eboli
Il 2012-12-23 11:36 Bruce Griffiths ha scritto: The simulation indicates that the TAC capacitor charging current is far from constant whilst charging. This is due to the use of saturated switches rather than current steering switches. The capacitor charging current is poorly controlled. So in

[time-nuts] HP 5065A optical unit PIX

2012-12-23 Thread cdelect
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Re: [time-nuts] HP 5065A optical unit PIX

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Re: [time-nuts] HP 5065A optical unit PIX

2012-12-23 Thread paul swed
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Re: [time-nuts] Questions about TAC frontend, and some measurements

2012-12-23 Thread Fabio Eboli
Il 2012-12-23 07:42 Bruce Griffiths ha scritto: The classic TAC using current mode switching is similar to the attached circuit schematic. Bruce I tried to replicate the circuit you attached, the pic was low resolution so I tried to figure the values. This is the circuit asc text