Re: [SI-LIST] : Output shorted to Ground!

Fred Townsend ([email protected])
Wed, 07 Jan 1998 08:24:51 -0800

Gopala Krishna M.R. wrote:
>>
> Accidentally outputs of (18 bit register Chip) a register were shorted
> to Ground line for more than 2 minutes. The outputs were toggling at
> 16MHz rate.
>
> But when it was realised that the ouputs were shorted to
> Ground, the system was immediately powered off. Checked whether those
> registers have gone bad or not, but all of of them were working fine!
> Searched in the data books for the information, but could not find a
> suitable one. Can any one explain about it?
>

What are you asking? Are you surprised the chip survived?

Fred Townsend