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11/05/08 08:11
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#159706 - Assumptions; Conclusions; Guesses
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Ap Charles said:
Please mention other reasons of transistor failure than 'thermal breakdown'?,

I think Jan has already done that: http://www.8052.com/forum/read/159628

We are talking regarding what happens AFTER the failure has occured in worst case scenario and not what is causing a failure


But don't you think that the nature of the failure, and what happens thereafter, are likely to depend upon what caused the failure in the first place?!

Of course, what constitutes "worst case" also depends upon your particular application - in one case, a short might be the "worst" thing; in a different application, "open" might be worse...

List of 21 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Transistor failure question            01/01/70 00:00      
   no guarantee on behaviour            01/01/70 00:00      
      stronger            01/01/70 00:00      
         and...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Thermally destroyed power transistors...            01/01/70 00:00      
      can be both way            01/01/70 00:00      
         When the die alloys then...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Assumptions            01/01/70 00:00      
         Question for Andy            01/01/70 00:00      
            the worst case is...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Assumptions; Conclusions; Guesses            01/01/70 00:00      
               Jan is saying            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Worst case            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Let the circumstances be any?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Incorrect!            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Not entirely true            01/01/70 00:00      
                              That's the point!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Oh Andy            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    No, it wasn't            01/01/70 00:00      
                  explanation            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not at all...            01/01/70 00:00      

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