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From: ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Tunnel diodes...who makes 'em these days?
Keywords: Esaki diodes, tunnel diodes, back diodes, gallium arsenide, germanium
Message-ID: <1991Jun04.153141.28135@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 4 Jun 91 15:31:41 GMT
References: <CDHWILLI.91May28174423@exua.exua.exeter.ac.uk>
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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In article <CDHWILLI.91May28174423@exua.exua.exeter.ac.uk>
(Charles Williams) writes:

>Feel free to flame me if this is a FAQ, but tell me where the FAQ list is
>first!  Tunnel diodes are of interest to me because they should work okay at
>low temperatures (ie 4K).  However I'm having difficulty finding anywhere that
>still makes/supplies them.  Can anyone help with manufacturers please?

Hmmm...try one of the wide-spectrum catalogs like Newark.  AMTRAK uses a lot
of the things to prevent head-ons in their tunnels....

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