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Article #7697Re: Audible effects in solid-state electronics
From: Brian Kantor
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1989 17:51
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1989 17:51
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I've heard memory boards sing; it wasn't the power supply because I was running the system off of batteries at the time, using just simple monolythic pass regulators. I believe that it was the high-current output driver structures that were the cause, since in write-only tests, and during refresh (neither of which turn on the output drivers in the chips) did I hear the crickets chirping. I don't know what the physical effect is (thermal, magnetic, poltergeisten), but it's real. Of course, in larger machines, it's most likely the switching supply loading down into the audible range, but there could be chirping chips too. Brian Kantor UC San Diego
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ucsd!brian From: brian@ucsd.EDU (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Audible effects in solid-state electronics Keywords: VAX FPA CD Message-ID: <1424@ucsd.EDU> Date: 28 Jan 89 17:51:33 GMT References: <9359@nsc.nsc.com> <8650@ihlpl.ATT.COM> Reply-To: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 12