Talk:Oscillistor

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Never heard of this. More details required--Light current 03:32, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, neither do I. I just found this page in russian wikipedia and translated it "as is". But now I'm anxious too about it. To get more details I need to visit a sci-tech library. Stay tuned, I'll surely say about the results of my visit there... --Yuriy Lapitskiy 15:34, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

There are some google hits. Its apparently a 1960s invention with a semiconductor in a mag filed yeilding an oscillator somehow. But mustn't have caught on!--Light current 20:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Also just looked in some 1970s electronics refs. Not a mention of oscillistor--Light current 20:37, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I think we need a bit more on this subject to avoid it being AfDd# --Light current 00:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

1. What is AfDd#? Article for Deletion? Don't think so - if one couldn't extend the subject, one should place an appropriate stub notice...

2. Tough luck, I hadn't find the volume 31 of the Journal of Applied Physycs (1960) in our State Public Sci-Tech Library (Moscow). It seemed that those guys from AIP really want us to buy the corresponding article... :( But if we'll buy it, the second question about copyright immediately appears - if we could use the text from that article for Wikipedia (changed, of course, not copy-paste)...

3. Now, I made an extended searched in the SPSTL catalog and found a russian book Physics of the Semiconductor Devices (2000) by V.I.Gaman. Search in the internet added that Kharkov lib has his book Thresholds of the Silicon Oscillators (2001). I'm not in Kharkov, but this could hardly be a coincidence - there, probably, must be something about oscillators in the first book. I'll take it next Monday and we'll see what to do next - I hope there will be an electric scheme of oscillator or something... --Yuriy Lapitskiy 15:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

The book Physics of the Semiconductor Devices (2000) by V.I.Gaman has nothing on the subject. Now, I'll take the different one (with the "oscillistor" word in the name) on Friday. --Yuriy Lapitskiy 22:18, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I've never heard of an "oscillistor", either. From the discription, it sounds like it might operate on the same principle as the magnetron. (Should we mention the magnetron in the article?) --76.209.30.239 06:48, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Abstract

from American Institute of Physics

A new magneto-oscillatory effect has been observed in the electron-hole plasma within a semiconductor. The plasma can be produced by such agents as contact injection and optical or thermal excitation of minority carriers. When the semiconductor specimen is subjected to an electric field (through suitable contacts) and a magnetic field, current oscillations can be detected across a series load resistance. This device has been termed the oscillistor to suggest a semiconductor oscillator. The experiments suggest that the oscillistor mechanism involves a magnetically induced interaction of the bulk plasma of electrons and holes with the exposed free surface areas of the specimen. ©1960 The American Institute of Physics --Light current 22:47, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Nothing conclusive :( --Yuriy Lapitskiy 15:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)