Hello, I'm kind of new subsciber and haven't had seen the topic earlier. However, I hope that the problem med MELF diodes had been solved untill now. I have had the same problem with few batches and have checked with the supplier if thay had any Q-problems. Thay said that thay haven't and that nothing has been changed in production process. I controlled the physical dimensions and have find out that the diodes contacts at are not circullar as descibed in datasheet and were deviating from tollerance values too. Thay were elliptical and not simetric to eachother. After I have pointed that to supplier, I'v got replacement for the material and havent had problems since then. But, as I said, I hope that you have solved the problem earlier. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------