A little update on the futurlec C3675 devices.
They were sent from bangkok, delivered by Deutsche Post, and invoiced from Australia. That's interesting.
http://i.imgur.com/AbRHB.jpg
okay... bent legs, like the ones I saw in my local hobby shop. Fair enough. Anyways, from left to right: utsource, futurlec, and bdent
http://i.imgur.com/PLmj1h.jpg
straighten out the leads. All of them look similar. The futurlec devices have similar letterings to the utsource devices.
Measured the Vbr and hFe using the handy measurement tool recommended by KG:
voltage breakdown:
utsource 1057V
futurlec 1252V
bdent 1117V
hFe:
utsource 46 @ 10uA(Ib)
futurlec 23 @ 10uA(Ib)
bdent 41 @ 10uA(Ib)
Hmm... So the hFe of the futurlec devices is a bit low. However, I am not testing at database conditions, so that might be the cause. Will have a curve tracer in 2 months time, I'll learn how to use it, and report back again.