The 712D-12 TO-5 relay, originally conceived and developed by Teledyne, has become one of the industry standards for low-level switching from dry circuit to 1 ampere. The Series 712D relay has an internal discrete silicon diode for coil transient suppression. The integrated packaging of the relay with its associated semiconductor devices greatly reduces PC board floor space requirements as well as component installation costs. By virtue of its inherently low intercontact capacitance and contact circuit losses, the 712D has proven to be excellent ultraminiature RF switch for frequency ranges well into the UHF spectrum. A typical RF application for the TO-5 relay is in handheld radio transceivers, wherein the combined features of good RF performance, small size, low coil power dissipation and high reliability make it a preferred method of Transmit-Receive switching.