From: whit3rd@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 3:01:02 PM UTC-7, default wrote:   
      
   > According to the CMOS Cookbook - Don Lancaster:  "Any "force fed"   
   > currents above or below the supply rails must be limited to 10   
   > milliamperes or less."   
   >   
   > I'm good to go.   
      
   No, not if you want to have a 12V signal amplitude.   That was about burning   
   the chip up, not about signal integrity.   
   It's the value in 'absolute maximum' for current, and relates to bond wire   
   current carrying capacity.   
      
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