Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-14 Thread John Miles
> Congratulations, you've been seduced by the quoted noise without > considering what it actually means. > This is just the sort of reaction the marketers hope to induce. > This is a natural reaction, you should be more skeptical of first > impressions. Exactly. It appears that the XC6204 is on

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-14 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Grant Hodgson wrote: > Torex make some very nice low noise regulators; the XC6204 series has > been around for some years now and appears to offer much lower noise > levels than the 723 :- > > http://www.torex-europe.com/products/range/125 > > Click on 'Technical Diagrams' to see the noise plot o

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-14 Thread Bob Paddock
On Thursday 13 December 2007 09:47:36 pm Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Matt Ettus wrote: > > Can you explain to me the use of fast recovery diodes if you are going > > to put capacitors across them? > > Even with the snubber networks the reverse conduction time of the fast > recovery diodes is consider

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-14 Thread Grant Hodgson
Torex make some very nice low noise regulators; the XC6204 series has been around for some years now and appears to offer much lower noise levels than the 723 :- http://www.torex-europe.com/products/range/125 Click on 'Technical Diagrams' to see the noise plot of the 3V part - sub 1uV /rtHz at

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread WB6BNQ
This getting out of hand, If you closely study the Andy weeke's circuit and the Walt Jung variation, you will discover that it is VIRTUALLY the same circuit that is used in the UA723 regulator ! I suspect that Fairchild produced the UA723 before these guys produced their work. It may be that Jun

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread Dave Brown
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Griffiths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links > John Miles wrote: >> What

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread John Miles
> Can you explain to me the use of fast recovery diodes if you are going > to put capacitors across them? I can see using fast-recovery diodes if you want to rectify the output of a switching supply, to limit the losses. Ordinary 1N400x diodes start to run very hot above a few kHz. In a switche

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread Bruce Griffiths
John Miles wrote: > What are some of your favorite low-noise regulators? When I made the remark > about the uA723, I was specifically thinking of its performance compared to > the LT1762. With Cref=5 uF, the uA723's output noise voltage is rated at > 2.5 uV from 100 Hz to 10 kHz. The LT1762, whi

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread Didier Juges
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Ettus > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:25 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links > > Can y

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread John Miles
13, 2007 6:49 PM > To: Matt Ettus; John Miles > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links > > > > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Matt Ettus wrote: > > > He has "ultra high performance rectifier bridges". Sounds like > snake oil to me. > > > > Mat

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Matt Matt Ettus wrote: > Can you explain to me the use of fast recovery diodes if you are going > to put capacitors across them? > > Even with the snubber networks the reverse conduction time of the fast recovery diodes is considerably shorter than when a standard recovery rectifier is used. Its

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread Matt Ettus
On Dec 13, 2007 6:15 PM, Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Ettus wrote: > > He has "ultra high performance rectifier bridges". Sounds like snake oil > > to me. > > > > Matt > > > > > Try looking at the circuit before commenting. I did. > Different culture express themselves in

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Matt Ettus wrote: > He has "ultra high performance rectifier bridges". Sounds like snake oil to > me. > > Matt > > Try looking at the circuit before commenting. Different culture express themselves in slightly different ways, its best to study the actual circuit and think about what the desig

Re: [time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread Matt Ettus
He has "ultra high performance rectifier bridges". Sounds like snake oil to me. Matt On Dec 13, 2007 5:57 PM, Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Revised Super regulator link is: > > http://www.sjostromaudio.com/_unsql/hifi/ > > However this may change as the website is in process of mo

[time-nuts] Super Regulator links

2007-12-13 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Revised Super regulator link is: http://www.sjostromaudio.com/_unsql/hifi/ However this may change as the website is in process of moving. It works at the moment. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://ww