Diodes - Fast Switching

resistor1 said:

What is ment by a Fast Switching Diode?

How fast is fast?

If I have have two different type of Fast Switching Diodes how do I find out out which one switches fasted (what paramater in the data sheet do I look for)?

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ericgibbs said:

I Googled: What is meant by a Fast Switching Diode?

What is meant by a Fast Switching Diode - Yahoo! Search Results

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Roff said:

If you Googled, why is your link to Yahoo?

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ericgibbs said:

hi Ron,
Thats a good question, I wish I had an equally good answer.

I suppose I could try to waffle my way out of it by saying I was referring to a Google generically,,,BUT I guess it was just a reflex action.!

Regards

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Roff said:

OMG! Google has become the Kleenex of search engines! The Coke of colas!

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ericgibbs said:

hi Ron,
Thats a good question, I wish I had an equally good answer.

I suppose I could try to waffle my way out of it by saying I was referring to a Google generically,,,BUT I guess it was just a reflex action.!

Regards

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silvarblade said:

yeh fast switching diodes have high reverse recovery time nearly in the order of 25us.

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eblc1388 said:

Which "fast" switching diode have 25us reverse recovery time?

Even a cheap slow 1N4001 has only 2us reverse recovery time.

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