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R: R: [AMPS] 8877 bias

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Subject: R: R: [AMPS] 8877 bias
From: measures@vcnet.com (measures)
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 08:36:16 -0700
>
>.....but once found the right voltage, value stays there and doesn't swing
>like in a string of 10 diodes.
>
Above 100 or so mA, there isn't much variation in fwd drop across a diode 
compared to cathode/grid driving voltage.  Zeners exhibit some variation 
in reverse V-drop as current increases.  //  The big disadvantage of a 
zener is no screwdriver adjustment.  
>
cheers, Mauri

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  


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