[Amps] Semtech diode

[Carl]

The correct term for a single device is die. My last job was microwave 
IC design and there many  times I called them something else!

Carl
KM1H




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Radio WC6W" <wc6w_amps at yahoo.com>
To: "John/K4WJ" <k4wjfoc1749 at wildblue.net>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Semtech diode


> Hi John,
>  An individual diode, or other semiconductor device, when it is sawn 
> free from the wafer but, unpackaged.
>
> 73 & Good evening,
>   Marv WC6W
>
>
> --- On Mon, 10/27/08, John/K4WJ <k4wjfoc1749 at wildblue.net> wrote:
>
>> From: John/K4WJ <k4wjfoc1749 at wildblue.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Semtech diode
>> To: "Steve Katz" <stevek at jmr.com>, sccook1 at cox.net, 
>> amps at contesting.com, john.brewer at us.schneider-electric.com
>> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 6:25 PM
>> At 03:45 PM 10/27/2008, Steve Katz wrote:
>>
>> What is a "dice">
>>
>> de John/K4WJ
>>
>>
>> >The P/N is a mere coincidence.  Semtech issued all SA
>> numbers
>> >sequentially, beginning with SA-0001 and going into the
>> several thousands.
>> >
>> >A string of 1N5408s, if they are very good ones
>> (metalurgically
>> >bonded with large dice), should work.   Semtech used
>> .125" diameter
>> >round dice for this family, they have more silicon in
>> them than
>> >conventional 1N54xx, and the Semtech parts were all
>> dual-plug
>> >metalurgically bonded capable of withstanding very high
>> surges.
>> >
>> >-WB2WIK/6
>>
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