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Old 03-22-2008, 07:20 PM
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Old 06-10-2008, 02:34 AM
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A free-wheeling diode is used to provide a current path for the inductor when it is turned off. Current will try to keep flowing in an inductor.
If no free-wheeling diode is used, then the voltage from the inductor may rise to levels that will damage the switching circuitry.
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