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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: programming EPROMSset seen
Message-ID: <1991May28.153152.23315@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 15:31:52 GMT
References: <1991May26.231046.28772@comp.vuw.ac.nz> <1991May27.152421.4122@zoo.toronto.edu> <1991May27.180552.31088@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1991May27.180552.31088@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> whitten@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>Humm, I learned that when you exposed the gate to ultraviolet, you
>were exciting the electrons trapped in the gate, and in that excited
>state, they were able to "tunnel" through the insulator...

Quite possible.  I just use the things, I leave the gory details of how the
electrons move to the semiconductor people...
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