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Re: gEDA-user: LED in reverse



Karel Kulhavy wrote:
Do you know at which voltage a typical red LED breaks down in reverse? 100V?

[jg]usual is 10, 15, 20 Volts only....for the ones from 1979 in a hemisphere on cylinder plastic molding....


What happens when the diode is charged slowly with a current source of say
0.5mA until it breaks down and it's internal capacitance discharges by
avalanche?  Will it blink or stay dark in the process?


[jg]flashes once, then dead...



John G


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