Jones, Since you are "in" with Stiffler, ask him to try AlGaN LEDs. He should see a significant increase in amplification if you are correct.
Terry On 11/6/07, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Charlie, > > At the risk of offending more readers here with > excessive speculation, let me mention that the > Stiffler circuit mentioned in recent threads, could be > very similar to your and Paul's concept- but in a > number of inadvertent ways. That is, similar to what > you are attempting except that the output is found in > visible light radiation, rather than electricity. > > He is mixing LEDs, which are of course a type of > diode, with signal diodes together with a reactive > transformer core- along with input from a small > external signal (~50 or more milliwatts) to get more > light out, in photons, than the input power would > suggest is possible. > > Among many possible explanations for this is that > ambient infrared and terahertz radiation (ambient > heat) is being converted (upshifted) into the visible > range of photons by the negative resistance range of > the LEDs. > > Did this possibility occur to you already, or am I too > far removed from reality to realize how 'excessive' > such a suggestion can seem? > > Jones > > > > > 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 > > > > > >

