[SOC] Re: Big Time Technical Question

[Hank Kohl K8DD]

Hmmm.....And here I always thought that they were used by Fred Schottky 
when he was down off the Barrier Reef rectifying salt water to fresh water.
73    Hank    K8DD
soc #69


At 3/5/02 10:52 AM -0600, Dan W. Dooley wrote:
>Anyone know what a Schottky Barrier Rectifier is and how it differs from a
>"normal" silicone diode?
>
>What would it be used for?



At 3/5/02 09:24 AM -0800, Jim wrote:
>The biggest advantages of Schottky diodes are 1) their
>low forward loss (can be under 0.1 volts as compared
>with 0.6 volts for silicon diodes) and 2) their fast
>switching time..............

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