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Subject: [AMPS] In diodes we trust
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 18:02:24 -0700


>
>On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 15:35:10 -0400 "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
>writes:
>>>    Incidently, I don't believe that recovery time is an issue in any 60 Hz 
supply.
>>
>>Hi Marv,
>>
>>Then what determines the voltage division at the moment of 
>>transition to cutoff?
>>
>  
>Hi Tom,
>   Well, in a (un-equalized) series string the fastest (recovery) diode
>will take the entire inverse voltage at that moment.
>
Only in your the world of imagination.  In the non-Rauchian world, 
avalanche voltage limits potential across each diode.  
> ......


Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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