On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

>> But they actually specify the maximum forward voltage (at a certain
>> current) in maximum ratings sections.
>
> I checked http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/1N/1N4148.pdf, it does not
> specify this. Only the maximum current.
>
>> We probably could conclude from this
>> that going over this in a dynamic situation takes the diode out of the
>> specified operating range.
>
> The 'this' is missing, so no conclusion can be drawn...
>
> I might be a sloppy reader, but I can't even find a switch-on time
> specification, which would be the root issue here. So again, no data =>
> no conclusions :(

Ton should be about 5 nsec for 1N4148.

Peter
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