How did it pass ICT, FVT & FDT?

Victor,

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob Wettermann
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 12:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Unusual part thingy....

From the looks of it I would say it was a shorting clip to prevent ESD damage to the component.Take off prior to soldering.

BWET


On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:18 AM,
wrote:

> Looks like a shorting clip to protect the mosfet against differential
> lead potentials (ESD) during handling. Not a substitute for proper
> operator grounding and industry standard ESD protection protocols.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 11:08 AM
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> Subject: [TN] Unusual part thingy....
>
> Morning All,
>
> One of my inspectors was doing a first article inspection on a board
> and came to me with a question about a transistor that is on the
> board, it's this one here:
>
>
> http://www.futureelectronics.com/en/technologies/semiconductors/discre
> tes/transistors/mosfets/Pages/3792082-SD211DE.aspx?IM=0
>
> She was asking me what this little wire thingy is on the leads of the
> part, I said I didn't know...I have never seen something like this before.
> I'm thinking that it may be some sort of stand-off that you slide up
> and down the leads depending on how high you want the part to be stood
> up off the board, but I'm not sure. The datasheet doesn't say anything
> about it, and like I said, this is the first time I've seen this (okay, I've lead a
> sheltered life... ;^) )
>
> So what is this thingy?
>
> http://stevezeva.homestead.com/SD211DE.jpg
>
> Steve
>
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