Hi [USER="295753"]mon2[/USER], thank you for your quick response! I received the needle-point multimeter probes and revised my measurements. It seems like PQB2 source to drain is still extremely low, hovering at ~2 kΩ. [TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 1, width: 500"]
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[TD]PQB1[/TD]
[TD]PQB2[/TD]
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[TD]S2-D1 (3-2)[/TD]
[TD]0.0 Ω[/TD]
[TD]0.0 Ω[/TD]
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[TD]S2-D1 (4-2)[/TD]
[TD]0.0 Ω[/TD]
[TD]0.0 Ω[/TD]...

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