First Watt SIT5

Got it, turning the resistor for 180 degrees, I never took care of this before.... I thought a resistor is a neutral element for direction......

Many thanks lhquam! So I must care for the resistor orientation in future.
And I thought Spice would think more than me.....
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It's the "dual" of the textbook circuit: emitter resistors in series, electrolytic capacitor from resistor midpoint to ground.

In both cases the idea is to create an impedance from emitter to ground, which is lower for AC signals than for pure DC. Thus the AC gain is set suitably high, without disturbing the DC bias point.

The "dual" flavor as implemented in the NS-10, allows the use of smaller electrolytic capacitors to get the same AC gain. Which was probably economically advantageous in 1978 when it was designed.
 
Hm, hm..... riddle of the day for beginners!

SIT-5 manual:
"we can trim the load line of the SIT so that it dominates the output character, adds a little to the output power, but mostly gives a consistent character across a population of SIT devices."

Desperate mind thinks:
  • can the SIT "dominate the output character" and at the same time "add a little to the output power" ?
  • "across a population of SIT devices" We know that the THFs vary much in their data.
So it seems Nelson took into account details in his circuit to minimize the effect of SIT data differences.

This could lead to the consequence that the SIT contributes only 20%. and not the MosFet.
If we assume this, is then the condition "mostly gives a consistent character across a population of SIT devices." fulfilled.....?

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Hm, hm..... riddle of the day for beginners!

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Desperate mind thinks:
  • can the SIT "dominate the output character" and at the same time "add a little to the output power" ?
  • "across a population of SIT devices" We know that the THFs vary much in their data.
So it seems Nelson took into account details in his circuit to minimize the effect of SIT data differences.

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Or look here.....

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