Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!brian From: brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: ESR of copper oxide rectifiers Message-ID: <10440@ucsd.Edu> Date: 13 Dec 89 14:46:59 GMT References: <1989Dec12.022128.3128@tapa.uucp> <3103@tymix.UUCP> <8974@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 5 Probably the simplest way to simulate the voltage drop of the old copper-oxide rectifier is to series several silicon diodes. That way you'll have a relatively constant voltage drop despite a varying load, which a resistor would not give you. - Brian