On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:56 AM, AGSCalabrese wrote: > For example , a diode nearly always fails in a shorted state . > What is the story for JFETs, MSOFETs, BJTs, etc. > You can probably google using the phrase "failure modes of MOSFETs" and similar to find out the information. This is an interesting pdf file with some statistics data (Part Failure Mode Distributions). http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/PartFailureModeDistributions.pdf -- Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist