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Circuit design using the 3080E

2010-01-03 by nelsonj_sce

Anyone here designed circuits using a transconductance amplifier - specifically the 3080E used all over the OB-X? 

I designed a simple 3080 circuit (based on the chip A6 3080 circuit on the OB-X mother board) that was intended to let me control the noise level on my OB-X using the PWM amount knob.  But in just trying to calibrate it I burned up 5 3080 chips and a few transistors.  I just don't get it -  based on my calcs everything is well within ratings.

I thought there might be someone here that has played with these things that could help me see what I am missing...

Thanks - and happy new year.

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