An Si junction can tolerate pretty high temperatures for a short while, or even a long while - Bob Pease reported having had a component sat on the hot end of a soldering iron for about 24 hours and still working afterwards ...
I've never seen a description of how they make those glass cased parts - I guess speed is important. Dave -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gottlieb Sent: 26 March 2012 13:50 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Distribution amp - Use a video amp unit ? 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 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
