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Hi all,
I was wondering, if I find out that the diode I have bought is case negative, which ATM I believe it is, can I cut off the negative pin, or at least shorten it, in order to bnetter fit my host, and use the case pin as the negative pin? Is that what case negative means? Or does it mean that I should short the pin to negative myself?
My understanding is that a case-isolated diode can have the case pin shorted to either positve or negative, and then connect that to the host in case it is difficult to connect the corresponding pin on the driver to the host. Is this correct?
If this is the case, then working on the same logic, if a diode is case-negative, I can either attach the negative of the diode to the driver and connect the driver to the host, OR I can connect the positive of the driver to the positive pin of the doide, and connect the case of the diode to the host, as this is also negative. Am I correct?
Thanks for the help,
Sam
I was wondering, if I find out that the diode I have bought is case negative, which ATM I believe it is, can I cut off the negative pin, or at least shorten it, in order to bnetter fit my host, and use the case pin as the negative pin? Is that what case negative means? Or does it mean that I should short the pin to negative myself?
My understanding is that a case-isolated diode can have the case pin shorted to either positve or negative, and then connect that to the host in case it is difficult to connect the corresponding pin on the driver to the host. Is this correct?
If this is the case, then working on the same logic, if a diode is case-negative, I can either attach the negative of the diode to the driver and connect the driver to the host, OR I can connect the positive of the driver to the positive pin of the doide, and connect the case of the diode to the host, as this is also negative. Am I correct?
Thanks for the help,
Sam