Just to make things a tad clearer, what do you mean by "bias resistor"? A resistor inserted between source and ground? Or one connected to a negative source?
Adding a bias resistor requires an external diode biased in flow direction
Very confusing. The "node where the anode of the diode is connected is the FET's source, so the resistor would be in parallels with the diode...? In that case the resistor should be about a Gohm, then what the diode would be good for?In this case the bias resistor would be inserted between JFET source and the node where the anode of the diode is connected. It should provide Vgs going down, but it does NOT because the diode is reverse biased.
That makes sense.Maybe we use the term bias resistor differently. I should have used source resistor.
This is the basic principle of source bias, isn't it? Otherwise known as automatic bias by the ancients.And no, the source resistor does not need a forward biased diode external to the Fet. It works by raising the voltage on the source terminal above the reference point of the gate resistor (here a diode) and thus making the gate more negative, pinching off the current through the J-Fet.
Lots of confusion here by using words where pictures (schemo) would speak more eloquently.
Then BAT41 seems to be a good alternative for TTH, with only 2pF capacitance? Or BAV17-BAV21, they are listed as 1.5pF, BAV70 as well.As i mentioned in the paper: BAV199 from Infineon or NXP. BAV199 from other manufacturers have a much higher reverse current. Maybe there are alternatives, not tested yet. Small parallel capacitance is also important, BAV199 shows approx. 4 pF.
That is much clearer, and probably very different than what Ulli had in mind.
Indeed, that's the diagram published by e.g. Sanyo for 2SK1578. But are all the other usual suspects similar?One last point. J-Fet's inherently designed for microphones have actuallynthis schematic:
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Agreed.As noted before, only the reverse diode is needed.
My understanding is that the resistor in this equivalent diagram is actually a reverse-polarized diode, which is represented as a resistor, because that's what it is functionally,
and the other is represented as a diode because it is there for protection.
I have serious doubts about Gohm resistors in IC fab.
Can anyone describe a non SMT circuit where a bootstrapped diode pair could be used to replace the grid resistor in a typical plate-loaded circuit (given the availability of 120-200V B+ and 5-6.3V heater supply)?
OK, thanks for correcting me.Incorrect. What is drawn is a reverse biased diode including a resistor representing the very high but finite parasitic parallel resistance of the diode.
OK, it's adequate for some jobs but its significant non-linearity may preclude its use for other jobs. The reverse saturation current being essentially constant vs. voltage, the equivalent resistance is variable.Why? You use a reverse biased diode, voila, you got one, which suffices for the job.
There is no need for bootstrapping. High ohmic value of reverse bias is an intrinsic characteristic of a PN junction.I know that the diode pair must be "bootstrapped" in order to work as a high value resistor.
Can you be more specific here?It will be interesting to see if the lower noise of a diode pair is, overall, quieter than what the increase in shot noise would add.
What type of tubes can operate with such high valu grid resistors? You typical 12AX7 or EF86 gets crazy with these values. Not to mention leakage from coupling caps.Usually, increasing the value of grid reistors in tube mic circuits reaches its maximum benefit somewhere around 3-4 Gigs, then the shot noise becomes problematic.
Biasing how? You mean as a replacement for the grid resistor?By the way, I did extensive tests to locate diodes to use in biasing the tubes
OK, thanks for correcting me.
OK, it's adequate for some jobs but its significant non-linearity may preclude its use for other jobs. The reverse saturation current being essentially constant vs. voltage, the equivalent resistance is variable.
Indeed, when quality can be compromised.Absolutely, but in a Capacitor Microphone meant to be semi-mass produced?
I have no doubt they are useful in the particular case of loading capacitive sources.As long as we are mainly dealing with signals in the mV range, dirty silicone makes great high value resistors.
Boostrapping is not always an option. Some (many) designs result (and require) full swing across a resistor. Now, do they need Gohm resistors to start with?Bootstrapping the dirty silicone deals with the level limitations.
I have no doubt they are useful in the particular case of loading capacitive sources.
Now an hypothetic (but believable) rev biased diode resulting in 1Gohm and 1pF has a -3dB point at 160Hz, which precludes it being used e.g. as the feedback resistor of an opamp.
Boostrapping is not always an option.
Some (many) designs result (and require) full swing across a resistor. Now, do they need Gohm resistors to start with?
Bootstrapping allows creating enormous virual impedance, even with standard monolithic resistors.
Of course. Distortion at DC is not a real subject.May I offer a J-Fet Op-Amp, using the dirty silicone to make the DC connection and using coupling capacitors to the AC loop using conventional value resistors?
In this case the dirty silicone is the (DC) feedback resistor.
The reverse saturation current being essentially constant vs. voltage, the equivalent resistance is variable.
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