dedome failed - one bondwire broken

[Bourbon_Guy]

A Perfect Dedome?

Like many others, I struggled doing a successful dedome - first attempt at cutting: only partial removal, ugly, improved throw but not doubling went at it more seriously - tried the hot iron method: ok, dome softened up, tried the cuts around as shown in the viffer video, got the dome off - going good, then left with the gooey stuff, ok, removed the goo and the wires, hhmm. Tried again: saved the wires, but tearing off yellow phosphor - ok, I did my research, this means game over, blue f…

That thread starting at post 413 talks about it being for an ESD diode.