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John Popelish
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Is current injected into the outputs of 4000 series CMOS more or less
likely to cause latch up that current driven into inputs? I have
built a piezo driver that bridges the piezo between two nor gates.
The sound is turned off by driving one of the inputs on each gate
high. Alternating pulses are applied ot the outer input of each of
the gates. When I pull the enable pair low, the gates take turns
producing positive pulses. But I see that when one gate pulls down,
the other output is driven a volt or so below the negative rail by the
capacitive current through the piezo.
Everything appears to work fine, but I am worrying if some gates might
latch up by this current being driven through the N channel devices to
the negative supply rail. The chip will operate on a supply between 4
and 6 volts. All I see on the data sheet is a maximum current of +-
10 ma into any one input pin.
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John Popelish
likely to cause latch up that current driven into inputs? I have
built a piezo driver that bridges the piezo between two nor gates.
The sound is turned off by driving one of the inputs on each gate
high. Alternating pulses are applied ot the outer input of each of
the gates. When I pull the enable pair low, the gates take turns
producing positive pulses. But I see that when one gate pulls down,
the other output is driven a volt or so below the negative rail by the
capacitive current through the piezo.
Everything appears to work fine, but I am worrying if some gates might
latch up by this current being driven through the N channel devices to
the negative supply rail. The chip will operate on a supply between 4
and 6 volts. All I see on the data sheet is a maximum current of +-
10 ma into any one input pin.
--
John Popelish