Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01310
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: davidperry@mail.geocities.com
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1992 15:18:04 +0000
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: photodiodes
maybe you should think of them as one way soalr cells, they generate
around 0.4 volts one way, and the other way it totally blocks the
electricity, thats the whole point of a diode. I don't know about
their resistance.
David Perry
> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:36:02 -0800 (PST)
> From: Evan Dudzik
> Subject: photodiodes
> To: beam@corp.sgi.com
> Reply-to: Evan Dudzik
> okay, quick question. as far as i know, photodiodes have resistance
> in only one direction. is the other direction blocking electricity or
> does it have no resistance?
>
> example...
>
> (+) o--\/\/\---|>|---o (gnd)
>
> or...
>
> o--|<|--o
> | |
> (+) o--o o--o (gnd)
> | |
> o-\/\/\-o
>
>
>
>
>
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