At 10:59 AM 5/12/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Edward Cooper wrote:
> > I wondered if it was something like that, I'll look into swapping my
> > diode for a
> > schottky I really want to keep this simple though.
>
>Huh?  You originally asked about a transistor.  What kind of circuit do you
>have where you can replace a NPN transistor with a Schottky diode?
>
> > (Its a fan controller for a compact amp I've built and I'm aiming to
> > get the fan
> > running at something near full speed at 1 v rms output - which is
> > pretty loud)
>
>So what does that have to do with the B-E drop of a transistor, which is
>what you originally asked about?

Sounds like he needs a small audio transformer, some diodes (eg. a couple
of BAV99s), a film cap, a resistor, a zener and a logic-level MOSFET.

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