Re: Gap Question

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
 >
 > Can anyone point me to a device that does not have a linear resistance
 > but yet does not display a negative resistance?
 > Is there such an animal?
 >
 > Thanx
 >
 > Luke Galyan

	Nature is full of such devices.  Simplest to look at is an ordinary
semiconductor (or tube for that matter) diode.  Resistance is very high
at zero bias and goes down in a predictable way as the voltage is
increased.


Ed