On 2/9/06, Rich Graziano <rgrazia1@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
> The TVS is fast (Picoseconds). It is the diode of choice for protecting
> the
> transistor because it can shunt the transient before the transistor or FET
> is damaged. The idea is to be faster than the transient.



I hate to keep yanking this chain, but I think the idea is not to generate
the transient in the first place.

First rule of noise supression, Don't make it!
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