On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:57:45 -0700, Barry Gershenfeld wrote:


>I could believe that, because they are older, and they have the
>chip-on-board (under the expoxy blob) so reliability probably
>wasn't at the top of the design list.

I'm confused by that statement.=20

My (admittedly vague) understanding is that chip-on-board's biggest
advantage is cost savings for large-volume manufacturing. I also
thought, though, that long-term reliability for COB was quite good as
well. Am I missing part of the picture?


Regards, Bob

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