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Old August 17th 04, 06:39 AM
Gregg
 
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Behold, Wim Ton signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

Anyone got any high-current/low-voltage horror stories they'd care to
share?


I friend who is a power IC developer told me about FETs being blown up
by the enery stored in the self inductance of the IC bond wire.

Wim


That's why FET is known by many to stand for Fire Emitting Transistor ;-)

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