Re: Unusual “gold” IC chips?

[Magnus Ringman]

Those look like "stripline" RF/microwave packages.  PCBs will have cutouts
for the package body, so that the leads can be soldered flat (no bends)
directly onto impedance-controlled leads on the board.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 6:17 PM Oldcompu via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> Anybody know what these are? Maybe RF related? Found on a box of computer
> ships.
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> https://share.icloud.com/photos/0294pRVHPFQMShUZic2vFvneg
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