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Old 8th Aug 2019, 12:32 pm   #24
TIMTAPE
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Default Re: Tandberg series 12

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Originally Posted by ricard View Post
I wonder if that's because the base in these transistors is actually a large (-ish) slab of germanium, compared to the other electrodes which are small 'lumps' on the base substrate, so the likelyhood of a 'base to case' short is much higher than for the other two electrodes.
Thanks Ricard, interesting and plausible idea.
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