July 2021 Updates

Updates This Month

• A new page on Gas Discharge Tubes (GDTs), with schematic symbols, designators and examples.

• Added a new example of a noisy waveform to the Electrical Noise page.

• Added a new page (in notes format) on Spark Gaps.

• Added info on transient surge waveform specification, including a graph illustration the concept behind 8/20us and similar specifications:

• Moved Zener diode info into it’s own page.

• Cleaned up many of the schematic symbols on this site for a consistent look and feel.

• Added a diagram showing the protection diodes common to most digital CMOS pins.