Electronic – Minimoog oscillator LTSpice simulation problem

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I am running a simulation on the Moog Minimoog Model D oscillator in LTSpice. The circuit with the models needed is attached below.

Mini MOOG Oscillator

The square wave and triangular wave generation work as expected. The problem I am having is with the capacitor C4 charging. The charging ramp does not go to 5V as per the original schematic description, but instead reaches only ~4V. The schematic description (section 2.3) reads:

Schematic Description

With no voltage applied on the base of the transistor Q3, 5uA is negatively charging the bottom side of capacitor C4. This ramp is buffered by the U6 and Q5 stage and presented at the comparator U5 negative input. When the ramp reaches 0V, the comparator triggers and produces a +10V pulse that turns on the JFET J1 and brings the bottom side of the capacitor back to 5V. Well, at least in theory.

I have checked the schematic many times and verified that it (including the models used) are the same as the Model D's. I have also simulated the circuit with a 5V-0V ramp at the input of the buffer U6, and this produces correct results.

If anyone has any ideas why there is a residual ~1V across the capacitor, and if there is a way to fix it, I would be grateful.

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LM393A.5_1

* LM393A VOLTAGE COMPARATOR "MACROMODEL" SUBCIRCUIT
* CREATED USING PARTS VERSION 4.03 ON 03/07/90 AT 14:17
* REV (N/A)
* CONNECTIONS:   NON-INVERTING INPUT
*                | INVERTING INPUT
*                | | POSITIVE POWER SUPPLY
*                | | | NEGATIVE POWER SUPPLY
*                | | | | OPEN COLLECTOR OUTPUT
*                | | | | |
.SUBCKT LM393A   1 2 3 4 5
*
  F1    9  3 V1 1
  IEE   3  7 DC 100.0E-6
  VI1  21  1 DC .75
  VI2  22  2 DC .75
  Q1    9 21  7 QIN
  Q2    8 22  7 QIN
  Q3    9  8  4 QMO
  Q4    8  8  4 QMI
.MODEL QIN PNP(IS=800.0E-18 BF=2.000E3)
.MODEL QMI NPN(IS=800.0E-18 BF=1002)
.MODEL QMO NPN(IS=800.0E-18 BF=1000 CJC=1E-15 TR=807.4E-9)
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  Q5    5 11  4 QOC
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*
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TL081.301

* TL081 OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER "MACROMODEL" SUBCIRCUIT
* CREATED USING PARTS RELEASE 4.01 ON 06/16/89 AT 13:08
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* CONNECTIONS:   NON-INVERTING INPUT
*                | INVERTING INPUT
*                | | POSITIVE POWER SUPPLY
*                | | | NEGATIVE POWER SUPPLY
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*                | | | | |
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*
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  RD2   4 12 3.536E3
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Best Answer

After looking over the schematic there is one thing that I could see that could be affecting the simulation, you don't have real NPN's, but ideal spice NPN's. Put in the real NPN's and that might fix your problem. If it doesn't then I'll simulate the circuit and see if there is another problem.

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