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From: john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
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Subject: Re: Chip for fast pulses
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:19:08 -0800
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On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:00:43 +0100, Davide Gerhard <rainbow@irh.it>
wrote:

>On venerdì, 17/01/2025 17:47 GMT, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote...
>
>> What's available these days for generating well-defined pulses with
>> really sharp rise times?
>
>The most used IC in that application is the MAX3949 [1] but I also saw
>the SY88022AL [2].
>
>
>[1] https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/MAX3949.pdf
>[2] https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/SY88022AL.pdf

We use the SY part to generate fiducial pulses in a biggish laser
modulator. What's cool is that it has a diff ecl/cml input, diff high
current outputs, and you can smoothly adjust the output amplitude from
zero to max. And max is pretty big.

And they only cost about $7.