At 16.40 12/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>pic microcontroller discussion list wrote:
>> Hello,
>> what are Transil diodes?
>>
>> By Googling the best answer I could make is a kind of fast zener
>> diode.
>>
>
>well, when I googled, I found app note from ST on transil diodes.
>Maybe I google better than you? *grin*
>
>http://www.st.com/stonline/books/pdf/docs/10111.pdf
>
>Sarcasm aside, transil diodes are used for ESD protection.

I haven't read that specific AN, but I've read others similar, while
Googling *grin* ;-)

However, I still don't understand what do Transil diodes do so special
that Zeners already don't?

Perhaps they've less parasitic capacitance, on average?

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