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LCD Analysis
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) that had fading issues; there were five failing LCDs and a …
May 8, 2013Moisture Ingress Test
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received 10 parts each of Everlight and Nichia, respectively, LED components to on which to perform a …
May 8, 2013NEC Inverter Board
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received three sample NEC 104PW161 power inverter boards for failure analysis. A power inverter is designed …
May 8, 2013Surface Mount Tantalum Capacitors
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two surface mount (SM) tantalum capacitors that had internal resistive shorts. Capacitors are …
May 2, 2013CMOS RC Timer
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two ICM7555 CMOS RC timers. Each device was pulling down the output. The ICM7556 is a CMOS RC timer …
April 24, 2013FTIR of LEDs
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received a Unity PLCC LED and was asked to perform FTIR analysis for the purpose of materials compatibility. …
April 24, 2013Thermal Evaluation (TMA and DSC)
Gideon Analytical Laboratories performed thermal mechanical analysis TMA and differential thermal analysis (DSC) on two plastics which …
April 24, 2013Quartz Crystal Oscillator
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received one failed surface mount device (SMD) 200 ECSH quartz crystal oscillator and a good SMD 200 ECSH for …
April 22, 2013Ion Chromatograph Analysis on Three Samples
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received three samples in polyethylene bottles to develop an analytical procedure for determining chloride …
April 19, 2013Flex Circuit Failure
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received three failed Kapton based flex circuits with opens in the trace lines. The origin of the open was …
April 18, 2013220 Picofarad AVX Capacitor
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received four 220 picofarad AVX capacitors for failure analysis. There are a variety of capacitors, including …
April 17, 2013Digital Signal Processors (DSPs)
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received eighteen digital signal processors (DSPs) for failure analysis. A DSP is a microprocessor …
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