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Posted by casouza (A) on February 22, 2009 at 23:25:06

In Reply to: replacing zener diode question pls posted by kalido on February 22, 2009 at 17:03:46:

...5Watt zeners and lower voltage zeners in series, I have found out that these usually are much less noisy than 500 mW high0-voltage zeners.
For example, look up the 1N4100 data sheet. A 5.1 V zener has 20 times lower noise than a 15 V zener.
Also, bypassing a zener with a very fast cap will help, like Panasonic FM, Rubycon ZL or Black gate.

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