Vortex,
Progress is being made on the diode array which is
intended to convert uniform temperature ambient heat into
DC electrical power by a massive consistant alignment
parallel group of diodes which aggregate rectified
Johnson noise ( 1 / 2 kTB times efficiency times number of
diodes watts ). This results in refrigeration, an
absorbtion of thermal nergy, and an equivalent release of
electrical power. Mr. Paul Lawrence has made an extreamly
sensitive zero offset current voltmeter and will soon take
a 32 parallel (first order) 32 series (rows)of 1N34A
diodes to a radio quiet area of LA possibly with my
financial backer Gary Schultz to see if there is any
output. Mr. Tom Schum, an electronics expert in Virginia
has tested this array under well shielded conditions and
found near micro volt into 1 meg output. A few people are
considering using SMS7621 sensitive surface mount Schottky
diodes. which are expected to work a lot better than the
1N34A s. The SMS7621 s cost ~ 80 cents for dual diode
packages in various configurations. The unconnected pair
package has two cathode leads on one side and two anode
leads on the other side. This allows buss wire to be
forked in and soldered. The dual diodes are ~ 1 /20 x 1 /
20 x 1 / 14 inches. There is also a comon cathode package
which fits on a 3 layer Printed Circuit Board and can not
be misoriented. I have just paid for work to proceed at
the MEMS and nanotechnology Exchange in Virginia to put
surface metalization on a Au / GaAs open face diode array
of ~10,000 diodes ordinarily accessed with a metal
whisker. I would like verification by other experimenters.
Aloha,
Charlie
Kilauea, Kauai, HI
