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[Tony Clark]

> >   If anyone happens to know of a good source of better than 1% zeners, I'd 
> >love to know about them.  Most of them tend to be in the 5% range and 
> >I've found only one place carrying 1% zeners.
> 
> Surely if you need beter than 1%, you shouldn't be using a zener, the
> temperature
> and load variation is going to be more than this.

   Well I like using them as an easy way to limit CV ranges, like say 
into a PWM comparator, and want them to have a stable operating point.  
Temperature and load variation aren't too much of an issue since they 
aren't being turned on most of the time.

   Tony

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