Re: Abolish Ohm's Law

[brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>]

At 11:09 3/13/98 -0600, you wrote:
....
>        One last note: electrical engineers like to define resistance as:
> R = dV/dI. Thus avoiding our whole problem.
>
> Gary Karshner

Hmmm...this looks like a familiar method of specifying the dynamic 
resistance of say, a zener or avalanche diode.
 One would be pleased to get the lowest possible value for this ratio,
for example  10 milliohms, while the diode maintains its nominal voltage 
of (say) 6 volts across its terminals.
 It is clear that nobody expects the diode to be passing 600 amps at this 
point.

 This same definition you offer, would evaluate a thermistor with a single
value in the same way. This device is specifically built as a non-linear 
device - sometimes using semiconductor compounds - a device that apparently 
also qualifies as "Ohmic" for David Bowman....


Whatcott   Altus OK