Re: voltage regulation through zener

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:04:53 +0200, martin griffith
<martingriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:44:21 -0700, in sci.electronics.design Jim
>Thompson <thegreatone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>snip
>>>>
>>>>Take a "peek at the peak" current in the zener, then draw some
>>>>conclusions ;-)
>>>>
>>>> ...Jim Thompson
>>>
>>>
>>>Zener current will be zero, at least after the first second or so. The
>>>1N750 will disappear in a smallish puff of smoke.
>>>
>>>Didn't somebody make a version of Spice with little animated flames
>>>appearing over abused parts?
>>>
>>>John
>>
>>You can pay extra money and get PSpice "smoke" detection.
>>
>>Personally I haven't had a circuit design of mine "smoke" now for
>>perhaps 40 years.
>>
>>But I do occasionally roll my own macro-based probes that test
>>sensitive small-feature-size CMOS for SOAR violations.
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>Hehe, hate to see what these guys would do with a soldering iron, and
>real components....maybe a scope, even
>
>These guys are our succesors.....( just like our parents used to say)
>
>
>martin

SOAG(M,VDS,VGS)=(SGN(VD(M)-VS(M)-VDS)+1)*(SGN(VG(M)-VS(M)-VGS)+1)/4

...Jim Thompson
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