Help opening metal TO CAN

[nahuelv]

Hello! During my phd I had to open many metal can pin diodes usually this model
I could't find any way to open the diode without dirting the silicon surface with glass or metal. I thought that maybe some of you have more experience but I couldn find a post about this problem.

Best Regards

PD: if anyone cares I work in heavy ion radiation damage in electronics

 

[BowtieGuy]

Hello nahuelv, there is this tool, not sure if it will work for that style diode or not. Thorlabs diode decanning tool

Welcome to LPF! :yh:

 

[Lifetime17]

HI,
yes what BT said a de caning tool from that company , works great i have done many with it.

Rich

 

[lasersbee]

Hello! During my phd I had to open many metal can pin diodes usually this model
I could't find any way to open the diode without dirting the silicon surface with glass or metal. I thought that maybe some of you have more experience but I couldn find a post about this problem.

Best Regards

PD: if anyone cares I work in heavy ion radiation damage in electronics

Why do you want to de-can a PIN Photodiode :thinking:

Jerry

 

[nahuelv]

Thank you all for your answers. I knew about the Thor labs tool, I was trying to find something cheaper because I have to pay a lot for shipping to Argentina. Why I want to de-can a pin diode? Because I work with alpha particles and heavy ions, the regular ion detectors get damaged when recieve a high flux of particles and also de pin diodes. But the pin diodes are cheaper(10US$ vs 200-2000US$), but I have to remove the glass. Leaving dust over the surface decrease the energy resolution of the detector.

 

[grainde]

Ask Jordan (DTR) if he can help. He's done it in the past for LPF members. Failing that I think Dave (Super moderator) had a decanning tool? :beer: