dioding effect
                                          1:19 PM             2/12/98
We use the in-house silicon strain gages to manufacture pressure transducers.
After we bond gold wires to these gages, we find a dioding effect that causes us
a lot of problems.
Could you give me a start points for investigations. What is a nature of this
effect? Should I investigate the mechanical properties of silicon gages, or wire
bonding process, or something else?
Thank you
Tatyana Ishutkina
Gage Lab Engineer         Data Instruments
100 Discovery Way
Acton, MA 01720 tel. (978)264-9550 ext. 493
e-mail: tatyana_ishutkina@datainstruments.com