<div id="RTEContent">If he can truly reach 17V on a 15V supply... there is likely substantial<br> current there. 18V is the max rating (ok some might say 20V)... so I'd still<br> be very concerned. I agree that raising the input resistor value is prudent...<br> but the feedback has to go up as well to keep the same gain.<br> <br> I might want to let that one run for some weeks in overdrive...<br> <br> H^) harry<br><br><b><i>René Schmitz <uzs159@uni-bonn.de></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Hi Harry, Seb and all,<br><br>Harry Bissell Jr wrote:<br>> with a 10K resistor in the inout you might be over the edge. I'd be<br>> concerned. You might want to use shottky clamp diodes instead<br>> of allowinng the CMOS input diodes to clip.<br><br>A few mA into the diodes won't hurt. There is a parasitic thyristor <br>which might fire when a certain current is e!
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No need for extra <br>shottkys IMO, I'd rather make that resistor a little larger.<br>Ok, this is stretching the ratings in the datasheet a little, but does <br>work.<br><br>Btw, this sort of overdrive is explicitly allowed for the 4049 and 4050, <br>to be able to do a 15V to 5V crossvolt conversion. Check the datasheet <br>on these.<br><br>Cheers,<br> René<br><br>-- <br>uzs159@uni-bonn.de<br>http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs159<br><br><br></blockquote><br></div>