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From: adam@cunixc.columbia.edu (Adam J. Kucznetsov)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Re: In defense of solid-state devices
Message-ID: <202@cunixc.columbia.edu>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 22:18:46 EDT
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Summary: blue

In article <2002@umd5.umd.edu> cgs@umd5 (Chris Sylvain) writes:
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>Blue glow did you say? Try a Blue LED. ... Don't laugh, it's a REAL product
>looking for a market. Needs about 3.5V across it. It's made from silicon
>nitride, and is available in small quantities. They're more a curiousity
>than anything else, as no one has come upon a good reason for needing ...

How about a solid-state RGB display? No, I suppose that would be a bit
impractical (LEDs, esp. blue LEDs, are sorta expensive I think) but I
think it >HAS< been considered at one point or another. I don't know if
any prototypes were ever built.

I always wanted a blue LED. It's been some kind of personal quest for
me, ever since I heard of the (laboratory) existence of the beastie. I
guess it's 'cause my favorite color as a kid was blue... i didn't think
it was fair that the only colors available were red, green, yellow, and
(well) infra-red.

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