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Re: oscillator

Subject: Re: oscillator
From: John Popelish
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:59:21 -0400
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.basics, sci.electronics.misc
Ken O wrote:
"John Popelish" <jpopelish@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C8-dnein8YsvXADZnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ken O wrote:
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Actually I wanted to swap that with my 555 chip (with minor changes too) and the output will go to my base of my 2n3055 transistor. At first I was looking the 7555, but that seems to be too much on the border line
I dont really want to go digital too like a vibrator.

So, are you saying you want to switch a 2N3055 on and off up to 20 million times a second?


well the 2n3055 is only good for 3 MHz, I'll have to chosse another chip that does faster. even that , it IS better the 555.

I think the 2N3055 has a current gain bandwidth product of between 2.5 and 3 MHz. That means that it has a current gain of only 1 at 3 MHz. Are you planning to drive the base with the same current you hope to switch through the collector? You also cannot produce a 3 MHz square wave output that way, because the harmonics of a 3 MHz square wave are 9 MHZ and above, where the current gain is .3 or less. The 555 (as slow as it is) is faster than the 2N3055.

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