Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> 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.
You know, after I wrote that last post, the thought did occur to me that I
might need to pop up over the ~0.7V "diode breakdown" threshold to get
the "gate to open"... but when I noted that the MAX Gate Trigger voltage
spec is 0.8V (and there is no Min value spec'd) I guess I assumed that
*any* +V > 0 would do it.  I'll go back and characterize it a bit, and see
what I can find!  Thanks!
Jim
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