> "Couldn't you just use bidirectional TVS' (at, say... 10V for "X" and
> 8.2V for "Y") across ground and the inputs? So if an op-amp failed
> and
> yanked the output the +/- rail the TVS would clamp it?"
>
> yes, you could. I haven't looked at it in a while, wasn't there
> another problem with it, like it wouldn't clip in the negative or
> positive direction?
>
Well, I'm trying to decide that as we speak... (Went and got the GI
databook from the engineering library.) I think it's OK, you just use
the bidirectional version of the part. Hmmmm.
Anders/Zonn either of you ever actually *use* these things? (I haven't)
-Clay
Received on Wed Jan 28 15:32:12 1998
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