In Reply to: Transistors' dirty little secret... posted by Al Sekela on April 10, 2007 at 12:51:40:
<< ... minimizes this variation....as does shining laser light on it, ala Edge... >>Let's just say I'm from Missouri on this one. In the first place, Edge doesn't even make this claim. Instead they claim that they somehow use the laser to bias the output stage.
However, I'd love to be proven wrong. Do you have any links to anything that shows that shining a laser on a semiconductor junction minimizes the capacitance variations?
(And even if you did, would it really be a good idea to cut open the hermetically-sealed package so that you could shine the laser on it?)
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- Now you've got me curious - Charles Hansen 20:06:11 04/10/07 (2)
- Re: Now you've got me curious - Ozzie 10:44:35 04/17/07 (0)
- No, it doesn't reduce capacitance, just the parasitic resistance. - Al Sekela 09:51:18 04/11/07 (0)