Fun decap pix from a cell phone camera
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From: Sjouke Burry on 14 Apr 2010 18:35 John Larkin wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:02:24 -0400, Phil Hobbs > <pcdhSpamMeSenseless(a)electrooptical.net> wrote: > >> Decapped InGaAs APD/TIA device, ex Terabeam, from eBay: >> >> http://electrooptical.net/www/sed/TerabeamCD3109_decap2.jpg >> >> I don't have a microscope, so I took this using a 12.5 mm focal length >> achromat lens attached to my cell phone with some gycol pthalate wax--it >> came out pretty well! >> >> Cheers >> >> Phil Hobbs > > Nice photo. It looks like the APD mounting platform is way off-center, > but the APD itself is just about in the center of the pin circle. > Which is why it's practically falling off the mount. > > Are the various little wirebonded gadgets capacitors? > > There are some cool video microscopes in the $50-250 range. > > John > Do you have some nice suggestions? I can use google, but I have no experience in that field, and its difficult to separate trash and gold. :)
From: Robert Baer on 15 Apr 2010 01:26
Phil Hobbs wrote: > Decapped InGaAs APD/TIA device, ex Terabeam, from eBay: > > http://electrooptical.net/www/sed/TerabeamCD3109_decap2.jpg > > I don't have a microscope, so I took this using a 12.5 mm focal length > achromat lens attached to my cell phone with some gycol pthalate wax--it > came out pretty well! > > Cheers > > Phil Hobbs > Next you will be posting snazzy pictures of Andromeda taken with the same call phone! This is soooo cool! |