I love the part about how Chrysler somehow managed to defeat the thermal protection and destroy the chip via a heatsink that had just the right amount of thermal resistance to cause the transistor to heat up above its safe operating area and cook itself whilst keeping the thermal protection circuit cool enough not to trip.
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I love the part about how Chrysler somehow managed to defeat the thermal protection and destroy the chip via a heatsink that had just the right amount of thermal resistance to cause the transistor to heat up above its safe operating area and cook itself whilst keeping the thermal protection circuit cool enough not to trip.
The paper from Chrysler is also fascinating. It's the first time I've seen "Side of a submarine" as an element in a circuit diagram.