Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00959
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Robert McIntosh robmc@acay.com.au
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:05:01 +1100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Cadmium Sulphide Photocells.....
Hendrickson wrote:
> I think they are mostly used when photodiodes are hard to come by. They work
> quite well, especially for biasing Nv nets. I haven't used them a lot, but it
> seams to me that the "memory" effect of photoresistors would make them a
> little inferior to PDs when used for photovore circuits.
What do you mean 'memory effect'?
Aren't photodiodes photovoltaic? Light dependant resistors aren't
Rob.
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