Good Question #1: Signal Diodes

[Grant Richter]

Whatever difference there are so small they can be
ignored. The 1N914 used to be the choice when you needed
a generic diode (high speed, < 60V, < 1 amp, reasonably
low leakage, I have measure reverse leakage on a batch
of 1N914s and its around 10 nanoamps at room temperature)

That is an old part number, somewhere along the line you
started seeing 1N4148 as "the" generic diode. I have used
them interchangeably for years without problem.

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> From: KA4HJH <ka4hjh at gte.net>
> To: synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject: Good Queston #1: Signal Diodes
> Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 12:00 AM
> 
> I've been keeping a bunch of "good questions" in the back of my head 
> for a long time and I never seem to remember to ask. Here's one:
> 
> What's the difference between the 1N914 and the 1N4148?
> 
> In DC-AF I see them used interchangeably all the time. Is there any 
> functional difference?
> 
> 
> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> "The Mac Doctor"
> 
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