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From: Arfa Daily on 15 Jul 2010 11:53 "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:i1n54b$9pf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> What does the symbol mean with 2 barbs to the bar...? > > It's supposed to look something like the letter Z -- hence, a Zener diode. > > I have seen the two barbs being each at an angle to the horizontal bar, representing a zener, and the two barbs perpendicular to the bar, representing a Schottky diode. Schottky diodes also seen as the more elaborate curl at each end of the bar, as shown in the Wiki reference. Arfa
From: Meat Plow on 15 Jul 2010 12:17 On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:53:04 +0100, Arfa Daily wrote: > "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:i1n54b$9pf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> What does the symbol mean with 2 barbs to the bar...? >> >> It's supposed to look something like the letter Z -- hence, a Zener >> diode. >> >> >> > I have seen the two barbs being each at an angle to the horizontal bar, > representing a zener, and the two barbs perpendicular to the bar, > representing a Schottky diode. Schottky diodes also seen as the more > elaborate curl at each end of the bar, as shown in the Wiki reference. > > Arfa Shotts look more like an S for an obvious reason :) -- Altopia.com $12/m 10 unlimited connections
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