Re: HV protection for receiver input?

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From: Sam Goldwasser
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 01:42

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"Gym Bob" <NoThanx@notspam.com> writes:

> Not sure about the Triac but zeners are the fastest and the gate of the
> Triac should only act like a diode until the whole thing turns on and backs
> it up.
> 
> Zeners are usually used in parallel with MOV's for the speed, beating the
> MOV, of course.

Right.  Triacs/SCRs are probably in the microsecond range.  But the zener
should accept the initial surge, and possibly all of it! :)

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From: Sam Goldwasser <sam@saul.cis.upenn.edu>
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Subject: Re: HV protection for receiver input?
Date: 06 Aug 2003 21:42:33 -0400
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