Brent Brown wrote:
> Putting two of any type diodes in parallel would add junction
> capacitances and surely make for slower switching not faster.

That makes no sense.  Putting two diodes in parallel will add capacitance,
but then again a diode rated for higher current will also have more
capacitance.  Even if the capacitance is higher, that still doesn't effect
how fast the diode switches.  In fact, higher capacitance will likely slow
dV/dt, which would then allow the circuit to tolerate a slower diode
switching time before bad things happen.  Each diode will still switch into
reverse mode in isolation.


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