Capacitor Terminal Crack
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received 19 multilayered ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). MLCCs have a ceramic dielectric, a ceramic or lacquered …
March 31, 2013MOC101 Photocoupler
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received three failed Vishay MOC8101 isolating photocouplers for failure analysis. These photocouplers are …
March 31, 2013Resistor Contamination on Axial-Lead Resistors
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received three axial-lead resistors for failure analysis (pictured in the first picture directly below). A …
March 31, 2013Varactor Diode GVD30601-001
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several GVD30601-001 super hyperabrupt junction tuning varactor diodes with a latent failure …
March 31, 2013Light Sockets MR16
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received to MR16 sockets for a comparison between the current model and a new candidate. The MR16s are a type …
March 30, 2013Looking for Flexiterm on MLCCs
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received six MLCC on power cards. MLCC are multilayer ceramic capacitors. A ceramic capacitor is fixed value …
March 29, 2013Insitu Process Contamination
This filter is used in a water filter system for water consumption. The filters were plugging up rather fast with the pink material shown in …
July 10, 2012Copper Wire With Nickel Plated Pad
This is a picture of a copper wire that used to have tin plating and nickel plated pad. The wire was running 120V at 60Hz. The connection …
July 9, 2012Micro-hairs of Copper Oxide on Nickel Substrate
This a micrograph of copper oxide deposits on nickel plating. The copper oxide is inhibiting the electrical conduction of a 120V light on …
July 9, 2012Failure Analysis on Microwave Capacitors
The analysis was performed on ten failed microwave capacitors. They were Samwha vintage 2100VAC .65uF with 3 percent tolerance with a …
March 29, 2012EOS of Signal Diode
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two integrated load switches and two small signal diodes for analysis. The integrated load switches …
January 4, 2012Strain Gauge Resistance Changes
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received an industrial scale to analyze possible manufacturing defects and potential problems that affect …
December 29, 2011
