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== Change of reference for summing circuit CD level ==
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== Change of reference for summing circuit input stage DC level ==
 
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
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[[Image:VrefSum.png|thumb|136px|Shunt voltage reference circuit for the summing circuit, similar to that supplying the input stage of the amplifier. Labels in diagram parallel those in the NCP100SNT1G unit manual.]]
    
The adjacent diagram shows the necessary circuit.
 
The adjacent diagram shows the necessary circuit.
      
== Wrong voltage on R<sub>C</sub>/R<sub>D</sub> junction ==
 
== Wrong voltage on R<sub>C</sub>/R<sub>D</sub> junction ==
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