Re: 4420 driver ICs

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Original poster: Fucian-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 4/2/2004 4:49:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

>The point I was trying to hint at was that if all that is connected
>to the input is the antenna and the input is simply a gate, it will
>have no way of discharging its input capacitance and can be biased on
>forever by a tiny voltage on the gate. I would stick a high value
>resistance between the input and ground so at least it had a fighting
>chance of working. Protection diodes will not do the job. The
>datasheets will no doubt tell the story.
>
>Malcolm


There is a 100kohm resistor going from the input pin to ground..

Matt