On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:58:57 -0700, Kevin McMurtrie
wrote:

In article ,
Pieyed Piper g wrote:

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:29:28 -0700, Kevin McMurtrie
wrote:

In article ,
Pieyed Piper g wrote:

Nice item...

http://www.cree.com/products/power_1700V.asp

Sold through Digikey, for all those hobbyists who like to build their
semiconductor cases at home?

Cases? It is an HV rectifier.

It's a naked slice of semiconductor chip. It's meant to be soldered to
a rigid metal tab on one side, hooked up with aluminum wire bonding on
the other, then sealed under a conforming coating.

I think that "call your nearest regional representative" has to be the
biggest sales turn-off ever but I found it amusing that Digikey became
the solution. I hope they get some Pyralux samples

That is why they call them SAMPLES, idiot.

NO, they are NOT meant to get a drop of conformal coating on them. They
are rated at 1700V. They MUST be hard potted