Why "Esaki" / Tunnel Diodes never had the impact they were expected to and why they yet may (and what they are). This is a single URL which may need to be cut and pasted into your browser to work as an address - http://www.chipcenter.com/extframe/extpage.html?http://www.eetimes.com/speci al/special_issues/millennium/milestones/holonyak.html Leo Esaki - discoverer of tunnel diodes http://www.chipcenter.com/extframe/extpage.html?http://www.nobel.se/physics/ laureates/1973/esaki-bio.html Related stuff http://www.chipcenter.com/eexpert/akruger/akruger059.html;$sessionid$ALXQBZQ ABWGAJJ4Y5XCSFEQ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.