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EOS/ESD INFORMATION
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   Melted Bondwire:

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 Melted Bondwire: Effect  (What does it look like?)
May appear as:  Description
Electrical open, intermittent open and/or gross functional failure
May be detected as missing section of the wire in x-ray or optical inspection. Occasionally:
  • seen as a melted ball at each termination of the break
  • associated with carbonized epoxy 'sheath' of shell
 
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