At 02:29 PM 9/3/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> > Kev wrote:
> >        you could try the 2N5060 Rated at 30v  0.8A RMS 200ua gate current
>or
> > the 2N5061 which is higher voltage (60V)
> >
>I just found an NTE5400 which has same spec as 2N5060...  tried it in my
>design,
>but unfortunately I think I may have smoked a couple of them!   I misread
>the 200uA
>gate current spec (thought I was seeing mA :^(  ... so didn't use any
>current limiting
>resistor on the gate.   With 0.25V+ on the gate, I'd have expected to be
>able to cause
>the device to "latch", but I'm not seeing any current at all.  Would you
>agree, "it's

No, you'll need more like 1V to get any current to flow into the gate,
more at lower temperatures (roughly a diode drop). Of course you've got
to reduce the anode current down fairly low (maybe 1mA, look at the
datasheet) to get it to turn off.

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