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Spring Evaluation
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several failed and several good Shanghai Daido springs for evaluation. Shanghai Daido SP Co makes …
March 28, 2014Trimpot Potentiometer Failures
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several Bourns Trimpot Trimming Potentiometers for failure analysis. A Potentiometer (known as a …
March 28, 2014144A9284P4 Resistors
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several GE Aviation 144A9284P4 carbon film resistors for failure analysis evaluation. A resistor is …
March 27, 2014Destructive Physical Analysis of Pi Filters
Gideon Analytical Laboratories was asked specifically to perform Destructive Physical Analysis (DPA) on Spectrum Control and Tusonix Pi …
July 1, 2013Fairchild 740L6000 Internal Contamination
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received four Fairchild 74OL6000 field failed Optocouplers along with three good (virgin green dot) devices …
July 1, 2013Integrated Switches and Signal Diodes
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several components for failure analysis: two Fairchild FDC6324L integrated load switches and two …
July 1, 2013Spectrum Control Pi Filter
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received a single failed Spectrum Control Pi filter on which to perform failure analysis. Capacitor-input …
July 1, 2013Coto 9202 Surface Mount Relay
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received one failed relay with one good one for comparison. The failed relay was intermittent @ 2 KHz. A reed …
May 31, 2013RV4140A Ground Fault Interrupter
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two failed RV4140A ground fault interrupter controllers. The devices had far different impedance …
May 31, 2013Single End AD73311L Processor
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two AD73311L CMOS general purpose analog front end processors. Each device had external thermal …
May 31, 2013FCS RV4141V GFI Controller
Gideon Analytical Labs received two failed RV4141AM ground fault interrupter controllers. The devices had far different impedance values …
May 30, 2013Passivation Integrity Test on Transistors
Gideon Analytical Laboratories performed failure analysis on several IXYSIGBT IXGH32N60B transistors, encased in TO-247 packages. These …
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