Re: A prospective MOSFET driver

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Original poster: "K. C. Herrick by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kchdlh-at-juno-dot-com>

On Thu, 08 Aug 2002 20:12:40 -0600 "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
writes:
> Original poster: "David Sharpe by way of Terry Fritz 
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sccr4us-at-erols-dot-com>
> 
> Hi Malcolm, Ken, Ed et al

[snipped]

Generally with my designs, I don't use a zener in the gate
> drive circuits at all, except as a bi-directional clamp to protect
> GS from exceeding +/- Vgs ratings.  Designers / Engineers
> preference.
> 
> Regards
> Dave Sharpe, TCBOR
> Chesterfield, VA. USA

OK...but if you use 2 zeners in series for this purpose, anode-to-anode
or etc., then each time one of them "zeners" the other one will conduct
forward.

Not that I want the last word or anything...

KCH