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Old 29th Mar 2023, 4:40 pm   #9
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Default Re: Silicon transistor failure

I've had lots of TO92 types with various faults such as noise, low gain and an annoying one recently where it looked more like a pair of resistors than a transistor. I have noticed for some reason that PNP types seem to be more prone to failure than NPN but why that should be I have no idea.
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