[time-nuts] how to find low noise transistors (was: Firmware and antenna for Stanford Research FS700)

2015-07-18 Thread Attila Kinali
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 23:25:10 -0400 Charles Steinmetz csteinm...@yandex.com wrote: A pair of Zetex (Diodes, Inc.) ZTX849 or FZT849 actually have significantly lower voltage noise than either the LM394 or MAT12. I always wonder how you figure out whether a transistor is low noise or not. What

Re: [time-nuts] how to find low noise transistors (was: Firmware and antenna for Stanford Research FS700)

2015-07-18 Thread Bob Camp
Hi You have (and always have had) two basic choices: 1) Buy a very expensive part from somebody who has gone to the trouble of characterizing the noise performance and will guarantee at least some of what they show on the data sheet. 2) Buy a bunch of cheap transistors and test them. Lock in

Re: [time-nuts] how to find low noise transistors (was: Firmware and antenna for Stanford Research FS700)

2015-07-18 Thread Pete Lancashire
I agree with Bob, find a vendor you can trust and make sure you buy from an authorized distributor or if just need two or three parts try to get them as samples.directly from the manufacturer. The reason for this is you may get a fake or reject part and you will never know. Trying to do the