From: curd@notformail.com   
      
   On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:03:29 -0500, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
      
   > Even with tightly-specced transistors, beta varies 2:1 at a given   
   > current.  Ebers-Moll is way, way tighter than that--two random BJTs at   
   > the same temperature and collector current will have the same   
   > transconductance to very high accuracy.  There are offsets due to die   
   > size and device details, but there's nothing comparable in any other   
   > active device.   
      
   Yes, I fully agree with you, Phil. Yet if we were on SED right now with   
   this thread, you'd have had half a dozen people already sticking up for   
   Beta! Precisely why I cannot for the life of me understand.   
      
      
      
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