Diac?

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takeitapart

Joined Jun 20, 2010
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I have been working on a project that calls for a Vbr 28volt Ibr 1ma Diac. I cannot seem to locate such a beast. I usually hear "have not seen a Diac in a long time". Is there such a thing as alternative work around/
 

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Joined Dec 26, 2010
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The diac has a snap-action breakdown characteristic which is different from that of a zener diode. We would really need to know more about the OPs circuit to judge what might work in this application.

@takeitapart: Could you please describe your application, and post a schematic?
 
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