XPost: sci.electronics.design, comp.arch.embedded, sci.electronics.basics   
   From: nobody@spam.prevent.net   
      
   On Mon, 18 May 2009 22:38:49 +1000, "Phil Allison"   
    wrote:   
      
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   >"dgleeson422111"   
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   >> the device is a 2N6073 from On Semi   
   >> http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=2N6073A   
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   >** That is a very sensitive gate triac with a low commutating dv/dt  - ie   
   >5V/uS.   
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   >> Should I be using an isolated gate TRIAC?   
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   > ** There is no such animal.   
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   Look at   
   http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=TLP361JFT-ND   
      
   There are several other similar devices available at digikey.   
   These are of course opto-isolated Triacs - not "isolated gate" Triacs.   
      
   Regards   
     Anton Erasmus   
      
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