??? 04/20/10 18:07 Read: times |
#175190 - Fast and low voltage drop Responding to: ???'s previous message |
The schottky diodes have a low voltage drop. Having them connected to VCC means that a low overvoltage on one of your input pins will result in the schottky diode shorting the overvoltage to VCC, protecting the processor pins. The higher voltage drop of a standard silicon diode will allow 0.7-1V of overvoltage, while a schottky diode may clip at 0.2-0.5V overvoltage.
The schottky diodes are also very fast. |