Well, *I* care... (Damn, can't even keep a straight face hidden behind email) Ok, well at least it's an amusing argument. Well, partially. So, here's something I've wondered for a while: how are glass cased diodes made? Wouldn't the temperatures needed to form the glass and seal it to the leads destroy the silicon junction being put inside? Peter
On 03/26/12, Mike S<[email protected]> wrote: On 3/25/2012 9:54 PM, gary wrote: > MMBD914 !=1n914. > 1n914BWTm i.e. using a suffix, is something I haven't seen before, but > technically > 1N914BWT != 1n914. That is, in the strict sense, the 1n914 has to be a > diode in that glass package. As long as we're being pedantic, you're wrong. What you say is only true if it is a JEDEC 1n914 that you're talking about. "1n914" cannot be trademarked or copyrighted. A manufacturer is perfectly free to make a device in a non-glass package and call it a 1n914, which means it _is_ a 1n914, as long as they stay away from JEDEC. Then again, following your lead in being impractically, completely, worthlessly pedantic, it's a JEDEC 1N914, not a 1n914. In the strict sense, the latter cannot exist under JEDEC. "No one cares" is probably an understatement. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [1][email protected] To unsubscribe, go to [2]https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
