Transistor prefixes and cost.

[Lightium]

What's the differance between the JAN prefixed transistors and the non-JAN transistors?

 

[danadak]

Primarily testing methods and specifications.

Regards, Dana.

 

[Lightium]

My suspicions are correct then, thank you Danadak. "Joint Army Navy" that explains alot.

 

[crutschow]

And of course, all that testing makes them much more expensive, often ten times or more from their commercial equivalents.

 

[danadak]

Transistor mil processing (1977 timeframe) :

Industry basically left the mil business forcing Military into more commercial part usage, cannot
remember timeframe this started....I think driven by US Government funds drying up for semi-
conductor biz back in the day.

https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Portals/103/Documents/NSWC_Crane/SD-18/Test%20Methods/MILSTD750.pdf

Regards. Dana.

 

[Tony Stewart]

I once subscribed to the RFQ's in Ohio for all military spare parts with JAN parts for millions of $us per day and amazed at the budget for spare parts and big profits.