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Schematic

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Demonstrates a discrete voltage protection/clamp circuit.

Circuit Summary

A zener or protection network limits output voltage to protect downstream loads.

Expected Behavior

  • Output clamps near the protection threshold under over-voltage input.

How To Run

  1. Open Voltage-protection-discrete.kicad_sch in KiCad.
  2. Click Simulate and run the configured analyses.
  3. Add probes to the key nodes to view the expected behavior.

Notes

  • Check power dissipation in the clamp device.