On 3/22/06, John Pearson <xero@cmc.net> wrote:
>
> Is there a way to protect a FET input from static discharge.
>
> I have a circuit that uses a FET transistor, and while I had an IC
> removed, the FET quit working, I assume from being zapped. The FET input is
> driven by a 0 - 5 volt digital I/O pin of a microprocessor.
>
> Is there a way to help prevent this from happening again?


That's what antistatic workstations are all about.
Some fet gates will pop at <20V, which is pretty darned low.
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