I'll be the first to admit that in a few years all of us diode researchers will look back and get a good laugh at these theories, as they are lacking detail. Although IMO, yesterday was a good day for theory. Nearly all of my time the past week has been spent on theory, and the peaces of the puzzle appear to be falling in place now. Theory two, "Peering into the Diode," is making far more sense now, and the math is looking good so far, knock on wood. :-)
Theory two predicts that the DC voltage produced by the diode is due to a *change* in the diodes load resistance. More details will be posted, but for now the theory predicts that the low leakage charging capacitor should be placed before the mechanical switches such that the diodes are *not* connected to anything in between measurements. Actually, the mechanical switches in off position have resistance, but that should be far above 10 Tohms.
The setup is: The low leakage 0.01 uF capacitor is across the electrometer, which is all separated from the diode array by two ultra high resistance mechanical switches that have at least 10 Tohms off resistance. This could be metal ball (solid metal, not liquid mercury) tilt switches, or Knife switches. Therefore, when the switches are in off position, the diodes are connected to *nothing*. When the switches are closed, the diode array begins to charge the 0.01 uF capacitor. If the diodes are fully undisturbed, then the charge rate is 1 mV per second. If the diodes are a bit disturbed, then it could be ~ 1/10th that at 1 mV per 10 seconds. Moderately disturbed diodes, ~ 1/100th that at 1 mV per 100 seconds, in which case leaving the diodes connected to the meter that long to see something might make the diodes highly disturbed. Highly disturbed diodes, forget about it, just place switches in off position, turn off electrometer, let diodes rest for one to three weeks.
If you don't have an electrometer, then contact me. For about $8 you can build your own with the amazing INA116PA chip. Mine was tested at producing only 2.2 fA (2.2E-15 amps) with over 2E+15 ohms input resistance.
Created on 2009-08-15 16:12:39 by EnergyMover
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