> The figures I remember on semiconductor temperature and
> reliability go something like this:
> 1. Typical lifetime at junction temperature of 200
> degC is somewhere in 10,000 hour range
> 2. Lifetime doubles for each 10 degC drop in
> temperature
I actually think it is a good thing when someone messes with
a power limit control and blows up his radio.
Not a bad thing at all!!
It is a bad thing when he turns it up and the PA doesn't
fail. Now that is sad for all of us.
73 Tom
_______________________________________________
Amps mailing list
Amps@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps
|