Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote:

> Last week we received a lot of 7805 voltage regulators in TO-220 package
> and I think they are fake.
> 
> They are marked as On Semiconductor parts, but the metal tab is too
> thin, about the same thickness as the package pins. I can bend it with
> my hands.
> In every TO-220 package I have ever seen before, the metal tab is much
> thicker than the pins.

According to their specs, that tab is between 0.508mm and 1.39mm and the
pins are between 0.46mm and 0.64mm. So in theory you could get a case
that's within spec and still has thicker pins than the tab.

Gerhard
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