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In Reply to: RE: I agree with everythign in your last post posted by rick_m on February 05, 2008 at 23:39:52
between pure science and applied engineering. Most 'pure' science will lead to applications, and the application engineers/scientists often hasten and promote the maturity of preliminary designs, increasing efficiency, size, and practicality. Widespread applications then lead to the economy of scale in mass production.
One can see this in many electronic components. Fast recovery diodes has certainly pervaded every catalog I have seen and the number of manufacturers offering them has increased significantly. While necessary for switching power supplies, it has enabled digital amplifiers to succeed where similar designs in the 70's failed. Once where 5% resisters were the norm, 2% is common place and 1% or better resisters are almost as common.
High end manufacturers/designers have pushed the envelope themselves, too. A decade ago Faroudja line doublers and quadruplers were astronomically expensive and dependent on programmable chips. You find their technology in $100 DVD players today. Matti Otala developed the testing procedures and wrote up the effects of TIM distortion and a new measurable effect then entered the engineering world.
Application engineers definitely have their place in the world and their efforts should not be denigrated. Many if not most scientific research is being done with an eye for practical application anyway.
Stu
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