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- From: btbg1194@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Bradley T Banko)
- Subject: Failure modes of p-n junction devices running high current?
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 00:21:29 GMT
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- I am curious to know how p-n junction devices in high (?, 1 amp) forward
- current mode over time. We have an 11 year old infrared laser diode
- which has just melted down. How do p-n junctions age and fail?
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- Thanks. Please respond by email.
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- Brad Banko
- b-banko@uiuc.edu
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