Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us4.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=8HCH2f5Ud86RPk=_@_lfJ9U5[F2hIijD?7J470dMQQ7;J4R`5ADBYn2l[76 X-Complaints-To: support@frugalusenet.com Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 20:13:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Genocide Joe is beginning to stink like Lyndon B. Johnson Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design References: <663beb6f$0$8094$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <57vn3jh7rj8avvop51ocgcqt2697gbe01o@4ax.com> <663c0d82$0$8477$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <1dbo3jd021lv1j79d8c1mn375dtqneb1io@4ax.com> <663c4480$0$6430$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663cebc4$0$7065$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Content-Language: en-US From: bitrex In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 33 Message-ID: <663d66c0$0$7183$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1715300032 reader.netnews.com 7183 127.0.0.1:33383 Bytes: 2715 On 5/9/2024 7:46 PM, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: > Am 09.05.24 um 23:19 schrieb Jeroen Belleman: >> On 5/9/24 22:35, john larkin wrote: > >>> One great discovery on that project was the Micrel SY88022 laser >>> driver. It's good for a lot more than driving lasers. > >> Interesting chip, indeed. Just the sort of thing to build fast >> samplers or TDRs with. Thanks for the tip. > > I'm not too impressed. We had that kind of performance in our 10G > XFP Infineon fiber optic transceivers, from Gennum and Infineon Semi > 20 years ago. The fiber optic division was sold to Finisar then. > I spent nearly a month in San Jose for Tech transfer with 4 other > people. Me, just a lowly freelancer.. But it was interesting.  :-) > > > There seems to be a wall at 25 ps. > > Has anybody here played with nonlinear transmission lines? > I tried with Spice, but with discrete devices I did not get > very far. PSPL seems to have been the king of these before > they were eaten by TEK. > > Gerhard > > (BTW I echoed your Thorium transition post to timenuts.) > > What has that to do with uk.comp.sys.mac and pro wrestling ???? Why did the Bushwhackers walk like that?