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2N3055
I heard I can make a really small solar cell from a 2N3055 if I make it open
the case it is and expose the silicon on a light source is that true? also what is tha output rating if anyone tested it? |
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"Predator" schreef in bericht
... I heard I can make a really small solar cell from a 2N3055 if I make it open the case it is and expose the silicon on a light source is that true? also what is tha output rating if anyone tested it? I guess any silicon can generate a small current when exposed to light. I think the current depends mostly on the surface area of the silicon. Even a LED generates a current, but it is very very low (some nA-uA.) because the die is small. So just try it out, cut the head from the 2N3055 and connect a multimeter between B-E / B-C. You will measure some voltage, but when connecting a small load to it this voltage will drop. Al |
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Predator wrote:
I heard I can make a really small solar cell from a 2N3055 if I make it open the case it is and expose the silicon on a light source is that true? also what is tha output rating if anyone tested it? Since the 70's, many photodetectors were made comercially by taking a small-signal transistor (in standard metal can), cutting the top off, and fastening a lens at the top. Then Fairchild designed one that was optimized for photodetection; the die had a dinky emitter in one corner, making 98% or so of the area as base-collector for photons; two versions: flat and curved lens; both plastic (FPT-100 is the only one of them i remember). These had orders of magnitude greater sensitivity, with similar speed and slightly better noise characteristics. A power transistor gives more B-C area, but a lot of the collector area is wasted by the large emitter. Too damn bad the FPT-100 is no longer being made... |
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A glass diode will also generate a small photo voltage ( glass IN4001 to
IN4007 series ) Ray "Robert Baer" wrote in message ... Predator wrote: I heard I can make a really small solar cell from a 2N3055 if I make it open the case it is and expose the silicon on a light source is that true? also what is tha output rating if anyone tested it? Since the 70's, many photodetectors were made comercially by taking a small-signal transistor (in standard metal can), cutting the top off, and fastening a lens at the top. Then Fairchild designed one that was optimized for photodetection; the die had a dinky emitter in one corner, making 98% or so of the area as base-collector for photons; two versions: flat and curved lens; both plastic (FPT-100 is the only one of them i remember). These had orders of magnitude greater sensitivity, with similar speed and slightly better noise characteristics. A power transistor gives more B-C area, but a lot of the collector area is wasted by the large emitter. Too damn bad the FPT-100 is no longer being made... |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:45:19 -0500, "rayjking"
wrote: A glass diode will also generate a small photo voltage ( glass IN4001 to IN4007 series ) Ray And light-dependent leakeage. Pieter |
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