L
legg
- Jan 1, 1970
- 0
What's it for indeed! Some special circuit configuration may be
able to handle the problem. For example, two 1n5822 diodes in
series will drop about 450mV at 100mA, and the connection node
between the two diodes can be bypassed with a resistor to ground
for the purpose of diverting most of the leakage current of the first
diode with 13 volts across it. If the resistor is a low enough value
the voltage drop across it from the first diode's leakage will be low
enough to avoid creating much leakage across the second diode.
Yes. Does he mean leakage, or Diode leakage. Any control circuit for
an active implimentation will obviously exceed the leakage mentioned.
Too bad these guys don't follow up their original posting.
RL