Stories of success where Gideon Labs used Scanning Electron Microscopy Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy to analyze failures.
Vishay SS26 Surface Mount Schottky Barrier Rectifiers
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received four Vishay SS26 Surface Mount Schottky Barrier Rectifiers for possible premature conditions to …
January 26, 2018Vishay SS26 Schottky Rectifier
Gideon received several Vishay SS26 Schottky rectifiers for failure analysis. It was thought something within the manufacturing process …
April 4, 2017Carbon and Sulfur Dioxide Attacking Buna-N O-rings
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several screws to identify whether or not they were the source of carbon disulfide and sulfur …
April 3, 2017Contamination and Moisture on MLCCs
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received a printed circuit board (PCB) with suspected failing multi-layered ceramic capacitors (MLCC). …
April 3, 2017Corrosion on Pcb Inside Valve
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two valves with failed printed circuit boards (PCBs) and corrosion inside the housing. The goal was …
April 3, 2017PCB Solder Mask Delamination
GideonAnalytical Laboratories received several Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) that were experiencing delamination of the solder masks, …
April 3, 2017Vishay CRCW1210-HP-e3 SM Resistor Failures
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two PCB assemblies upon which were several failing Vishay CRCW1210-HP-e3 surface mount (SM) …
April 3, 2017Problems with Track Lighting
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several lighting tracks for failure analysis. They all had what appeared to be arcing which caused …
February 12, 2017
