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- From: whit@carson.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Voltage drop across 1N4148 diode?
- Summary: 1N5817 is OK for powering SCSI terminators
- Message-ID: <1k1u14INNlkk@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 23:44:36 GMT
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- In article <24JAN199300065341@rosie.uh.edu> st1my@rosie.uh.edu (Stich, Christian E.) writes:
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- >a Schottky diode has been mentioned several times so I am looking into
- >replacing the 1N4148 (which is too small, that's why I asked) with another
- >diode is rated at up to 1A and has an as small as possible forward voltage
- >drop ....I'd like to find a Schottky diode that has a max. reverse
- >current in the micro Ampere instead of mA range.
- >This diode is used on the TERMPWR (SCSI-bus) line to prevent an external
- >device from powering the computer
-
- SCSI devices have relatively high currents in their power
- supplies (the SCSI drivers have fourteen 48 mA drive outputs),
- so a milliampere of leakage will be NO problem. In fact, it is
- unlikely that you will see that much leakage current (the
- diode is specified for power-supply operation, at full maximum
- operating temperature).
-
- John Whitmore
-