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Old 19th December 2021, 18:11   #44
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Originally Posted by MSS View Post
To prove the point, I would say put DC through a diode clipping circuit and see what it does. It will modify the DC voltage to the design voltage of the clipping circuit!
It's a while now since I was active in electronics Maninder but a "voltage limiter" is how I would describe that circuit. I don't see any reason to replace that descriptive, accurate and unambiguous term but that seems to be the fashion these days.

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