Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #10335
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Rob robmc@acay.com.au
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:44:04 +1100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: pdiode ptransistor?
Sathe Dilip wrote:
> A photo diode will just give you the increase in leakage current when
> exposed to light.
So is that how the two photodiodes work in a bicore? They are connected
cathode to cathode and when the light hits one side it leaks allowing the
current to flow opposite to its orientation but with the orientation of the
other photodiode. (clear enough I hope)
Rob
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