[time-nuts] LTC6957 Low Phase Noise Buffer/Driver

[Attila Kinali]

Moin Rick,

On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:20:09 -0700
"Rick Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com> wrote:

> Volker Esper wrote:
> 
> >> I have been looking into low jitter triggers for sampling systems
> >> recently and will probably end up using a discrete differential
> >> amplifier driving ECL logic.
> >>
> > Why discrete?
> 
> ECL style circuits on IC's suffer from high noise in the current
> source.  If you go discrete, you can use an inductor for a current
> source and get rid of this problem.  

Can you elaborate on this a little bit? Or do you have some pointers
on this issue? It's the first time i heard about this.

			Attila Kinali

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