Re: Would Snubbers Kill Ignition Coil Output? (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 12:11:45 -0700
From: Gomez <gomez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Would Snubbers Kill Ignition Coil Output? (fwd)


On Monday, December 15, 2003, at 07:40  PM, High Voltage list wrote:

> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:38:10 -0600
> From: Daniel Barrett <dbarrett1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: RE: Would Snubbers Kill Ignition Coil Output? (fwd)
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> 	I've been playing with this a bit lately. Unfortunately, the snubber
> will
> kill the output by about the same amount that it allows the MOSFET to
> live.
> Even a 600V IGBT will die quickly without a snubber.

  Isn't the whole point of IGBT's (as opposed to SCR's) that you can
turn it on
at whatever rate you wish, thus obviating the need for snubbers and
chokes?