[sdiy] Tube on a Chip from early 80s

[John L Marshall]

In the early sixties there was small metal a triod tube called a nuvistor,
6CW4. If I remember correctly, they were about twice the height of a TO-5,
maybe a little larger in diameter.

John


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Arnold <xyzzy at sysabend.org>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 4:06 AM
Subject: [sdiy] Tube on a Chip from early 80s


> I remember reading in the early 80s an artical in IEEE Spectrum about a
> company developing, if I remember correctly, plastic incased miniature
> vacuum tubes.  These were housed in multiples in packages that looked
> like bulky ICs or hybrids.  In order to find the artical again I would
> have to pull 30+ years of Spectrum out of my parents attic and read
> every one from the 80s so I figured I'd ask here first.  I'm betting
> they had applications in military equipment, but I'm also a little
> curious if they ever made production and if so could they be used in
> interesting audio circuits.
>
> Anyway... is my brain fried from all those things I did in the
> mid 80s or does someone else remember this artical?
>
> Wouldnt a complete/complex modular that was all tube be kinda cool? :-)
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