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Old 21st Nov 2022, 12:39 am   #245
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Default Re: 6-gang FM stereo tuner heads

Consider a simple switch.

It's very linear to the signals which it switches

It's very non-linear from the position of the toggle to the effect on the signals which are applied to the contacts.

Semiconductor manufacturers have never had life easy deciding whether to put mixers in their linear or the non-linear databooks

Of course a pure analogue multiplier is a linear function, but look inside at the non-linear functions needed to implement it! Usually a true Gilbert Cell.

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