You need to be careful how you paint the package black. My first electronics job was in a place that made, among other things, mass spectrometers. We made very high input impedance electrometers for the mass specs using TO-5 can mosfet transistors. One batch was found to be very photo sensitive through the glass/ceramic lead interface. Someone had the idea to spray paint the bottom of the package with black paint. Not a good idea. The black paint, likely loaded with carbon, decreased the electrometer input impedance by many orders of magnitude. Considering that our electrometers had an input impedance of 1E-12 to 10E-15, even a fingerprint made a huge difference. The carbon filled black paint was practically a short. Maybe an overcoat with silicone or some other type of low leakage sealant, then the black paint? Tom
From: David <davidwh...@gmail.com> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2017 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] TAPR TICC boxed (input protection) On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 01:06:17 -0400, you wrote: ....controlling the offset voltage. We ended up painting the diodes black after soldering. I have also heard of it happening with metal TO-18 packages through the lead interface under the package. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.