Schottky diode as rectifier

[Styx]

most discrete silicon have a failure mode of short-cct

 

[mvs sarma]

balanced rep?

I know. I just couldn't resist.
I got a thanks and a balanced rep for this thread. What does a balanced rep mean? I suppose it is open to interpretation by the repper.

perhaps he would have meant balanced reputation i thought , but now i understand balanced report only

 

[mvs sarma]

No one ever pos reps me here And I've got almost 400 posts. Hrmph.

On my other forum I've got mad rep. I got +3 in one day in recognition for calling the Iowa caucuses dead on (it's a politics/religio-stuff forum, so I won't mention any more here).

But seriously, do Schottky's generally fail as a dead short? My power supply was current limiting at 12.5A at a few tenths of a volt after it went.

i too have seen shorted Schottky diodes and even zenor diodes are notorius for shrting under spiky supplies or inductive back emf spikes.

 

[Speakerguy]

Well, this was me putting 60VDC on a 40V diode, so in this case the blame lays squarely with me