Re: Strange Mosfet Results

From: Active8 (reply2group_at_ndbbm.net)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 17:02:26 -0400

On 3 Aug 2004 13:50:34 -0700, Peter wrote:

> PS. See also my separate posting "Peak current to charge a capacitor".
> I was also concerned that adding too big a cap to the chip outputs
> might overload them when the cap is charging. How big a cap is too
> big?

Those specs that define max load capacitance apply to a faster
digital output where the cap is constantly being charged and
discarged. Also, if you try to drive a big cap it takes longer to
charge it up with a limited charging current. 

-- 
Best Regards,
Mike

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