| The new PNP input stage of the summing circuit, in order to be placed far from cutoff and saturation, is very sensitive to its emitter current, which, with RE=154Ω requires transistor base control on the order of 10mV. Basically, we need the set the base for the desired emitter voltage and accounting for the diode drop ''referencing Vcc, not ground, as it was with NPN''. The shunt voltage regulators used so far can be employed for this, but the ~0.9V offset from Vcc cannot be done with most regulators as they use a double diode drop - 1.24V as internal reference and allow settings above this value. A reference NCP100 SNT 1G (On semiconductors) has been chosen because of it's lower possible settings, making reference to just one diode drop: 0.698V | | The new PNP input stage of the summing circuit, in order to be placed far from cutoff and saturation, is very sensitive to its emitter current, which, with RE=154Ω requires transistor base control on the order of 10mV. Basically, we need the set the base for the desired emitter voltage and accounting for the diode drop ''referencing Vcc, not ground, as it was with NPN''. The shunt voltage regulators used so far can be employed for this, but the ~0.9V offset from Vcc cannot be done with most regulators as they use a double diode drop - 1.24V as internal reference and allow settings above this value. A reference NCP100 SNT 1G (On semiconductors) has been chosen because of it's lower possible settings, making reference to just one diode drop: 0.698V |