Roff
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Did you fail those symbol-matching IQ problems in grammar school?fingaz said:According to Forrest M Mimms III, It could be a Bipolar Voltage Limiter.
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Did you fail those symbol-matching IQ problems in grammar school?fingaz said:According to Forrest M Mimms III, It could be a Bipolar Voltage Limiter.
fingaz said:According to Forrest M Mimms III, It could be a Bipolar Voltage Limiter.
Ron H said:Did you fail those symbol-matching IQ problems in grammar school?
I didn't intend to offend you. I was just having a little fun - at your expense, I guess. I assumed you had posted an answer without reading the entire thread. I believe it has been established that the symbol represents a zener diode.fingaz said:I assumed that the dark coloured are in the symbol could be a polarity indicator. . .
If we look at the symbol for an electrolytic capacitor, there are several different variants, but all mean the same thing.
It was just a suggestion of a possible component.
If I caused offence with my stupidity, then I apologise. If I made you laugh at me, then ok.
There is no need for hysteresis in the circuit, although it might work. As I said above, I believe we have established that it's an (old?) European symbol for a zener diode.zevon8 said:Here's another one to ponder, maybe it is a Shockley diode? Is there a need for a latching action in the circuit?
http://semiconductormuseum.com/PhotoGallery/PhotoGallery_Shockley4E30_Page3.htm
Granted the "normal" symbol is more like half of what you have, but this is the only symbol I know of that is like this.
fingaz said:If we all used 'Industry Standard' symbols things would be much easier.
That closes this issue for sure, eng1.eng1 said:I've found very few sites showing that symbol.
http://www.vias.org/encyclopedia/semicond_diode_zener.html
http://www.mikroe.com/en/books/keu/05.htm (fig. 5.2)
I believe that the current symbol has definitely replaced the other one. However, I use both indifferently and I still find the 'old' one in some schematics.