EDN

In-Circuit Tester for SCR, Diodes, and Transistors

The circuit has been constructed to provide an in-circuit system that will test the integrity of electronic components such as Silicon Controlled Rectifiers, diodes, and PNP or NPN transistors. 4093 – ...
The Engineer

Understanding In Circuit Testing (ICT): A Reliable Method to Identify Manufacturing Faults

There are a number of complex tasks involved in the manufacturing of electronic assemblies, all of which can go wrong. In order to ensure quality standards are met, the fabrication of the printed ...
Electronics Weekly

Transistor testing costs are a ‘serious’ problem

The cost of testing a transistor will approach and may exceed the cost of manufacturing it, Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi at the University of Southampton, has warned. Al-Hashimi, who is at the ...
Electronic Design

Test Setup Checks Transistors’ hFEs When Tight Control Is Important

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. The spread of h FE values in a batch of transistors may be wide enough to cause unreliable performance during mass production of a ...
EDN

Polarity Testing Circuit

This is a simple circuit which checks the polarity of the component. If you connected in right polarity the LED in the circuit will glow and it will not glow when you connected in wrong way. This is a ...
Nanowerk

Team reports scalable fabrication of self-aligned graphene transistors, circuits

(Nanowerk News) Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has the potential to make consumer electronic devices faster and smaller. But its unique properties, and the shrinking scale of ...