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Old May 6th 04, 12:56 AM
John Larkin
 
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On 5 May 2004 16:41:11 -0700, (Tom Bruhns) wrote:


Back when hexfets first came out (1981 or so), I was having trouble
with them self-destructing. Back then, at least, if you read far
enough in the fine print, you'd find a maximum drain dv/dt rating.


And the substrate diode made a nice step-recovery diode, making it
possible to generate lethal dv/dt's in totally non-obvious ways!

John