[The Cajun]

LOL, some of the stuff I worked on required a wide field of view X20 binocular microscope and a $3000 Pace solder/desolder station with a vacuum pick up tool to handle the components............Glad I'm retired :^)

[Carry_Okie]

LOL, some of the stuff I worked on required a wide field of view X20 binocular microscope and a $3000 Pace solder/desolder station with a vacuum pick up tool to handle the components............Glad I'm retired :^)

The stuff we manufactured in the late 80s had diodes six mils across manually thermo-compression wedge-bonded with half-mil wire. The bonding pad on the diode was .0007 across. IIRC, we ran 60GHz through it as a switch.