#35885 - 10/14/02 02:36 AM
Re: 950 Burn in time. take your time......
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Desperado
Registered: 12/11/01
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Some of use don't believe in burn in at all for electronics. (For speakers, definately, but not for ICs.)
I work in a semiconductor fab. We don't do any special "burn in" for testing chips when they come out of the factory.
In fact, "time at temperature" is what we use for accelerated life testing. To failure. But people will believe what they want to believe...
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#35886 - 10/14/02 04:12 AM
Re: 950 Burn in time. take your time......
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Desperado
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Originally posted by minuteman:
Why is it that people who believe electronics actually burn in always believe they sound better after a burn in period, and never worse? Probably for the same reason that the higher priced component always gets a better review in the rags than the less expensive one. Or that a new audio format _always_ sounds better than the one it replaced.
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#35887 - 10/14/02 10:58 AM
Re: 950 Burn in time. take your time......
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Gunslinger
Registered: 06/06/02
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Loc: Madison, AL, USA
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OT warning.
Cool Kevin! What fab is in the states? IBM? (ASIC designer myself...)
Cary
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#35888 - 10/14/02 04:05 PM
Re: 950 Burn in time. take your time......
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Desperado
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jcmccorm- 10 years at Nasty, I mean National, and now 2 years at a little bitty placed called Micrel (we compete with companies like Maxim, Linear Tech, AMCC, PMC Sierra). Analog, mixed signal stuff.
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#35889 - 10/15/02 10:41 AM
Re: 950 Burn in time. take your time......
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Gunslinger
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Cool Kevin. I like Micrel. I designed in several of their voltage regulators onto PCBs this year. You da man!
Cary
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