Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> "The die is willing, but the leads are weak ..."

I doubt the die is in a much better situation than the leads, especially
where the leads connect to the die. 

It's all a matter of lead resistance, transformation of electric energy
into thermal energy, and thermal resistance to a large enough "thermal
energy ground".

Gerhard

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