[sdiy] Dual 914 diode in a SOT-23 package?

Justin Owen juzowen at gmail.com
Mon Mar 12 18:25:08 CET 2012


Justin Owen wrote:
> The diodes will be used mainly for op-amp input protection on a +/-  
> 12V supply.

> The answer also depends on what sort of input you're protecting.  If  
its an inverting input (series resistor before input) I wouldn't put  
any diodes on the input itself, I'd put low-leakage diodes across the  
op-amp inputs if using an op-amp that is susceptible to phase- 
reversal.  Bipolar op-amps tend to be quite robust in this aspect and  
often (check the datasheet!) include internal protection diodes.

The diodes will be used as per this schematic: http://www.sdiy.org/juz/euro_input_detail_02.pdf

- which came out of the long I/O protection thread we had last year. 

Happy for anyone to critique it again...

Thanks - had a few recommendations for the BAT54x and the BAV99,

Justin




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