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From: mikkel@cg-atla.UUCP (Carl Mikkelsen)
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Subject: Re: Re: In defense of solid-state devices
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Date: Wed, 21-Oct-87 12:46:07 EDT
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In article <2002@umd5.umd.edu> cgs@umd5 (Chris Sylvain) writes:
>
>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 a
>Blue LED. The company that makes them (silicon nitride is really tough
>stuff; hard to work with) is Japanese.. Masushita (sp?), if I'm remembering
>the name correctly.
>
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>   UUCP: ..!uunet!umd5.umd.edu!cgs


I am looking for such a LED!  Does anyone have any further leads?
I've talked with HP and some other opto sources without luck.

Thanks,

	Carl

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