<div dir="auto">Could it have been a difference in the capacitance of the zeners? I recall discussing zener capacitance with Ian Fritz as we both ran into it when designing the saturation stage of a filter and had problems with HF tracking of self-oscillation.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rutger</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Op ma 30 nov. 2020 09:39 schreef David G Dixon <<a href="mailto:dixon@mail.ubc.ca">dixon@mail.ubc.ca</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Well, it was the zeners. I swapped the old ones in and the circuit worked<br>
perfectly. What a shit-show.<br>
<br>
I think maybe I'll order some 1N5231s instead. They are rated for half the<br>
power dissipation, so they should all work, right? Right? Plus, Newark has<br>
Vishay ones on sale for $0.03 apiece.<br>
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From: Roman Sowa [mailto:<a href="mailto:modular@go2.pl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">modular@go2.pl</a>] <br>
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To: David G Dixon; 'synth-diy mailing list'<br>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Zener issues (again)<br>
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It's not the first time that you write here about counterfreight parts. <br>
Maybe you should consider changing regular parts source?<br>
1W and 5W zener definitely need different package, so the mistake was made<br>
on the die level. If it wasn't checked before packaging, it could have been<br>
some small garage IC maker deep in China forest. Or rice field, China does<br>
not have much forest I think.<br>
<br>
Make one measurement - voltage at the test current shown in datasheet that<br>
is 49mA for one and 240mA for the other diode. You'll know for sure.<br>
BTW, when I searched for datasheets for them, it showed up about 20<br>
different brands making those diodes, and I have never heard of any of them.<br>
That sort of tells you what kind of reliability and repeatability to expect.<br>
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BTW2, instead of 5.1V zener you can use 5V R-R opamp for clipping trapezoids<br>
and it will work much more precise, plus free buffering.<br>
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