[time-nuts] lunatic fringe time standards

Mike Feher mfeher at eozinc.com
Mon Apr 19 19:49:56 UTC 2010


I found the twisting of leads more of a problem with common epoxy packaged
transistors than the 8 pin RTL 914/923 devices. Regards - Mike

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-886-5960



-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of J. Forster
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 3:41 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] lunatic fringe time standards

RTL was a VERY simple design. a 2 input NAND had 2 transistors and 3
resistors as I remember.

The main issue was lead attachment was the main failure mode in the
epoxy-ceramic 8 lead packages. If you twisted a lead, the device died.

-John





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