Handling precautions
To prevent damage to the LED during soldering and assembly, following precautions have to be
taken into account.
a) The bending point of the lead frame should b) While bending, the base of the lead frame has
be located at least 2.5 mm away from the to be fixed with radio pliers or similar.
body.
c) To ensure an adequate strain relief, the d) Avoid any torsion or tensile loading of the lead
lead frames have to be firmly fixed during frames, especially when they have been heated
soldering.
after being soldered.
e) LEDs are static sensitive devices, so
adequate handling precautions have to be
taken, e.g. wearing grounding wrist straps.
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