Hi,
war nochmal der Frage nachgegangen, ob die op-amps in meiner GSP audio phonostufe womöglich
digital arbeiten. Konnte ich mir - wegen des phantastischen Klangs, der im Vergleich zur Smartphono besonders deutlich wurde - gar nicht recht vorstellen. Dem scheint auch tatsächlich
nicht so zu sein !
Aus folgender FAQ des Herstellers kann man imho ersehen, daß er op-amps verwendet, die schlicht eine Zusammenfassung diskreter, analog arbeitender Transistoren darstellen.
Interessant auch der Hinweis auf die Temperatur-Stabilität von op-amps im Vergleich zu diskreten Schaltungen:
... What is meant by inferior? Is the writer saying the op-amp [a group of transistor junctions etched onto a single piece of silicon] is inferior to a group of discrete bipolar transistor stages [a group of transistor junctions etched onto separate pieces of silicon]?
If so, you ought to consider the Ebers-Moll equation [the mathematical model of the transistor]. Amplification happens because of the relationship between collector current [output] and base-emitter voltage [input] by
IC = IS [exp (VBE/VT) – 1]
Where VT = kT/q = 25.3 mV at room temperature [68°F, 20°C], q is the electron charge [1.60 x 10-19 coulombs], k is Boltzmann’s constant [1.38 x 10-23 joules/°K], T is the absolute temperature in degrees Kelvin [°K = °C + 273.16], and IS is the saturation current of the particular transistor [depends on T].
Don’t worry if you are not mathematically inclined. Just count up the number of temperature related terms in the above equation. You will notice that transistor performance is temperature dependent.
A number of discrete transistors dotted around a circuit board will each differ in temperature because they are separate to each other. 1] By necessity some transistors operate at different currents to others and self heat to different temperatures; 2] Some will dissipate heat better than others because of differing widths and lengths of PCB traces they are soldered to; 3] Some transistors may be closer to heating/cooling influences elsewhere in the equipment than others.
The temperature profile of an op-amp is considerably superior as the op-amp case encapsulates all the transistors which are etched onto a single piece of silicon. From switch-on all the transistors will eventually reach the same operating temperature, and thereafter any temperature drift [dT] will be common to each transistor, and hence the performance will always be at an optimum.
It is therefore obvious that the temperature profile of a discrete transistor grouping [and thus its performance] is less predictable than an op-amp. ...
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