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Originally posted to Synth-DIY by Martin Czech as a hopeful continuing thread.
I have gleaned from the threaded email the following suggested preferred components
by category. Please email me if you have favorites to add to this table. |
| Martin Czech | Harry Bissell | Tony Clark | Rene Schmitz | TomG | Neil Johnson | Scott Gravenhorst | Karl Dalen | |
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| Universal Si | 1N4148 | 1N4148 | 1N4148 1N914 |
1N4148 | 1N4148 1N914 |
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| Low leakage | FD6666 fairchild - obs. |
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| Very low leakage | JFET junction | |||||||
| Schottky Fast recovery |
BAT41? | 1N5817 lowest fwd drop |
1N581x | BAT41 BAT85 |
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| Bridge | BGX50A | 1N400x (x4) | ||||||
| Germanium | 1N34A sub 1N5817- similar drop |
AA113 AA112 OA90? |
1N34A | |||||
| BIPOLAR | ||||||||
| NPN Universal | BC549C also low noise |
2N3904 | 2N3904 | (BC549 family) BC548: lower cost; higher noise BC547: lowest cost; highest noise |
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| PNP Universal | BC559C also low noise |
2N3906 | 2N3906 | (BC559 family) BC558: lower cost; higher noise BC557: lowest cost; highest noise |
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| NPN Medium pwr | TIP29 | |||||||
| PNP Medium pwr | TIP30 | |||||||
| Dual NPN | 2SC1583 expo converter; current mirror Rbe 1.3 Ohm; beta 260 @10mA 2SC3381 complements 2SA1349 |
2SC1583 | 2SC3381 | |||||
| Dual PNP | 2SA1349 expo converter; current mirror complements 2SC3381 |
2SA793 | ||||||
| Dual Matched NPN | MAT02 Re 0.3 Ohm; out of production ? LM394 Re 1.1 Ohm; out of production ? |
MAT01 MAT02 LM394 |
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| Dual Matched PNP | MAT03 out of production? |
MAT03 | ||||||
| NPN small signal |
2N3904 poor mans expo converter? BC548 |
2N3904 123 (TIP?) |
2N3904 | |||||
| PNP small signal |
2N3906 poor mans expo converter? BC558 |
2N3906 | 2N3906 | |||||
| NPN low noise |
BC549C Rbe 1.2 Ohm ? |
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| PNP low noise |
BC559C | |||||||
| Dual NPN current mirror |
BCV61 | 2SC1583 | ||||||
| Dual PNP current mirror |
BCV62 | 2SA798 2SA979 |
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| NPN array | LM3046 crap; Rbe 4.8 Ohm; beta 90@10 mA |
LM3046 | CA3046 | CA3083 cheaper than 3046 Sub: NE5517 |
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| PNP array | ||||||||
| NPN / PNP array | LM3096 even crappier |
LM3096 | ||||||
| NPN darlington | BC517 | |||||||
| PNP darlington | BC516 | |||||||
| Precision Quad | MAT04 | |||||||
| NPN Power | 2N3055 TIP31C |
2N3055 | ||||||
| PNP Power | 2N2955 | |||||||
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| N-JFET | BF244 A;B;C grade identify threshold voltage; you have to measure anyway 2N4856 2N3819 2N4391 |
2N3819 2N4391 as switch |
BF 245 A;B;C low Vgs: 2SK30 R;O;Y;GR 2SK330 R;O;Y;GR lowest Vgs for R high Idss: 2SK170 GR;BL;V Idss 10..20mA for V |
2N3819 J112 HiSpeed Switch 2N4392 HiSpeed Switch |
BF244 BF245 |
MPF102 2N3819 |
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| P-JFET | 2N5461 | 2SJ103 | 2N5461 | |||||
| Dual N-channel JFET | 2SK389 max 20mV delta Vgs 2N3958 |
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| Dual P-channel JFET | 2SJ109 complements 2SK389 |
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| MOSFET | ||||||||
| NMOST Low channel leakage without ESD protection |
with separate bulk: BSV81 ESD? BS108 ESD? CD4007 ESD? |
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| PMOST Low channel leakage without ESD protection |
BS250 ESD? CD4007 ESD? |
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| NMOST Low Ron switch |
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| PMOST Low Ron switch |
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| VMOS N | VN1206M siliconix |
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| VMOS P | VP0808M siliconix |
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| COMPARATOR | ||||||||
| Gen. Purp. | LM311 | LM311 CA311 |
LM393 dual | LM311 | ||||
| Dual; faster | LM319 50-100ns |
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| Dual; even faster | NE521 10ns; with RS-FF |
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| Quad; low cost | LM339 LM324 Single supply ONLY! |
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| OP AMP | ||||||||
| Low Input Bias Current |
CA3140 MOS; ESD protection diodes. Temperature? OPA132 JFET low temp only |
V.Low Bias CA3140 OPA132 |
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| Universal | LM741 bipolar; unity gain compensated LM748 bipolar; uncompensated LF356 JFET; unity gain compensated LF357 JFET; gain > 5 compensated TL081 JFET; also dual or quad TL071 JFET; also dual or quad; lower noise TL051 JFET; also dual or quad; more speed |
741 single 1458 dual |
Norton opamp LM3900 |
TL071 sometimes a LM741 TL072 dual LM1458 dual TL074 quad LM324 (sometimes) quad |
1458 1456 LM324 LM3900 (norton) |
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| JFET Input | TL081 single TL082 dual TL084 quad TL071 low noise single TL072 low noise dual TL074 low noise quad |
TL071 TL072 dual TL074 quad |
LF411 LF412 |
TL07x TL08x |
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| Low Offset; Low Offset drift |
OP07 bipolar; attention; very different grades LM411 JFET; also dual |
OP-07 | TL08x (cheap) | |||||
| Low Noise | TL071 also dual or quad TL051 also dual/quad; faster NE5534 uncompensated NE5532 dual; unity gain compensated OP47 ultra low noise OP175 low noise low current also dual SSM2017 balanced preamp; low noise |
NE5532 low impedance |
TL07x (cheap) OPA134 NE5532 |
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| Quality | AD711 | |||||||
| MULTIPLIER | ||||||||
| nonlinear carrier input | MC1496 RC4200 one quadrant |
MC1496 | ||||||
| nonlinear input stage | CA3080 | |||||||
| OTA | ||||||||
| linearized input stage | LM13600 LM13700 |
LM13700 LM13600 CA3280 premium |
BA6110 single inline; very handy! |
LM13600 LM13700 |
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| VCA | ||||||||
| exponential VCA | SSM2018 SSM2218 current output |
SSM2164 | SSM2164P | |||||
| TIMER | ||||||||
| General Purpose | ICM7555 CMOS version of 555 timer; less spikey |
CA3080 | ICM7555 | |||||
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| CMOS | CA4046 | CD4046 | ||||||
| ANALOG SW. | ||||||||
| Single Supply | 4016 4066 |
CD4066 | ||||||
| Dual Supply | DG441 DG442 |
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| Triple Supply | DG444 DG445 |
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| INVERTERS/BUFFERS | ||||||||
| CMOS | CD4069UB unbuffered inverters CD4007 unbuffered inverters really more like a transistor array |