How thet genius Michael Faraday turns up in the most unexpected places over 150 years since his great work. Regards, Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neel, Robert" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [TN] IC Damage by magnetism? > Richard, > > Any time there's relative motion between an electrical conductor and a > magnetic field, there are electrical currents induced in the conductor. > That's about the only definite thing that can be said. > > Whether or not the IC can be damaged by these currents depends upon many > factors: The strength of the field, the rate of relative motion, the > bipolar impedance of the affected IC leads, the length of the IC lead, etc. > And the list goes on. Sorry. > > (Unless it's a _very_ special IC, chances are it's not a problem.) > > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Hawkins [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 12:16 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] IC Damage by magnetism? > > > Do any of you know (definitely) if it is possible to damage an IC with a > small magnetic field? Such as one on the end of a pair of tweezers? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Richard Hawkins > Associate Designer > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Phone: (615) 382-3655 > Fax: (615) 384-4405 > > CEI Co., Ltd. > Plant 2 > 210 Evergreen Drive > Springfield, TN 37172 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ----- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET > Technet NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 > ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ----- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------