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Stranded Wire With High Resistance
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two 42-inch cables. One cable labeled with a mark where an intermittent open occurred and the other …
July 11, 2005Trace Line Corrosion
Gideon Analytical Laboratories performed failure analysis on several polyimide flex circuits with corrosion near an IC. As seen in the …
June 29, 2005Polymeric O-ring Identification
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received three contaminated Buna-N diaphragms and several new ones for reference. These Buna-N diaphragms …
June 3, 20051N4148 Glass Diode Failures
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received several intermittent diodes failures and two good ones for comparison. The failed devices were …
April 27, 2005Printed Circuit Board Flexing During Depanelization
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two printed circuit boards (PCB) with the questionable failure of multilayer ceramic capacitors in …
March 10, 2005Liquid Contamination on Relays
Gideon Analytical Laboratories performed failure analysis on several Sky CKC-1C-12VDC 12A/120V relays. These relays have a contact …
March 8, 2005Solder Joint Strain Failures
Gideon Analytical Laboratories performed failure analysis on two printed circuit board assemblies (PCB) with fractured solder joints on the …
November 12, 2004Bourns RJR26 Potentiometer Failure
Gideon Analytical Laboratories performed failure Analysis on a failed RJR26 Bourns Potentiometer. The application failure was noticed when a …
June 28, 2004Kemet T491C155M035AT Tantalum Capacitors
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received two surface mount T491C155M035AT Kemet tantalum capacitors with internal resistive shorts. These …
January 14, 2004IXYS IXGH32N60B Passivation Defect on IGBT
Gideon Analytical Laboratories performed failure analysis on several IXYS IGBT IXGH32N60B transistors, encased in TO-247 packages. These …
October 31, 2003Premature Discharge of Ansul IQ-396X Fire Circuitry
Gideon Analytical Laboratories performed failure analysis on one Ansul IQ-396X, which was submitted for possible failure due to an …
June 20, 2003Tin Whisker Growth in Solder Mask
Gideon Analytical Laboratories received a PCB for failure analysis. The board was identified as having a short from the NET trace to the …
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