A p–n diode is a type of semiconductor diode based upon the p–n junction. The diode conducts current in only one direction, and it is made by joining...

PIN diode is a diode with a wide, undoped intrinsic semiconductor region between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor region. The p-type...

Schottky diode (named after the German physicist Walter H. Schottky), also known as Schottky barrier diode or hot-carrier diode, is a semiconductor diode formed...

both sides to a circuit, is a diode. More complex circuit components can be created by further combinations of p-type and n-type semiconductors; for example...

other. A semiconductor diode, the most commonly used type today, is a crystalline piece of semiconductor material with a p–n junction connected to two...

which a diode pumped directly with electrical current can create lasing conditions at the diode's junction.: 3  Driven by voltage, the doped p–n-transition...

modelling of p-n junction diodes, but the techniques may be generalized to other solid state diodes. The Shockley diode equation relates the diode current...

voltage. Zener diodes are manufactured with a variety of Zener voltages, including variable devices. Some types have an abrupt, heavily doped p–n junction with...

A varicap diode, varactor diode, variable capacitance diode, variable reactance diode or tuning diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the voltage-dependent...

A tunnel diode or Esaki diode is a type of semiconductor diode that has effectively "negative resistance" due to the quantum mechanical effect called...

organic light-emitting diode (OLED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a type of light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive...

construction is unlike other diodes in that it consists only of N-doped semiconductor material, whereas most diodes consist of both P and N-doped regions. It, therefore...

appropriately named Zener diode) is a type of electrical breakdown, discovered by Clarence Melvin Zener. It occurs in a reverse biased p-n diode when the electric...

an ideal p–n diode is: I S = q A n i 2 ( 1 N D D p τ p + 1 N A D n τ n ) , {\displaystyle I_{\text{S}}=qAn_{\text{i}}^{2}\left({\frac {1}{N_{\text{D}}}}{\sqrt...

(I–V) relationship of semiconductor diodes in moderate constant current forward bias or reverse bias: I D = I S ( e V D n V T − 1 ) , {\displaystyle...

its implementation can be found on the Wikipedia article on p-n junctions. The p-n diode is a device that allows current to flow in only one direction...

McGraw–Hill Professional. ISBN 0-07-246053-9. "Electrostatic analysis of a p-n diode". ecee.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-26. Pierret, Robert F. (1996)....

two junction diodes and is formed of either a thin layer of p-type semiconductor sandwiched between two n-type semiconductors (an n–p–n transistor), or...

such a diode is by tunneling, which is also known as the tunnel effect. The forward I–V characteristic is the same as that of an ordinary P–N diode. The...

some reach the rectifying junction (usually a diode p–n junction) where they are accelerated into the n-type semiconductor material by the built-in potential...

Shockley diode (named after William Shockley) is a four-layer semiconductor diode. It is a PNPN diode with alternating layers of P-type and N-type material...

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron...

The first IMPATT oscillation was obtained from a simple silicon p–n junction diode biased into a reverse avalanche break down and mounted in a microwave...

and negative electrons across the p–n diode yields a forward voltage, the photo voltage, between the illuminated diode terminals, which drives current through...

Electronic components employing rectifying junctions include p–n diodes, Schottky diodes and bipolar junction transistors. Break junction Depletion region...

At the junction of two different types of the same semiconductor (e.g., p-n junction) the bands vary continuously since the dopants are sparsely distributed...

common method to automate and to selectively control etching. An active p–n diode junction is required, and either type of dopant can be the etch-resistant...

electronics, a step recovery diode (SRD, snap-off diode or charge-storage diode or memory varactor) is a semiconductor junction diode with the ability to generate...

fundamentally linked with basic diode behaviours. As with photodiodes and APDs, a SPAD is based around a semi-conductor p-n junction that can be illuminated...

electrical devices. A semiconductor diode (devices that allow current in only one direction) consists of p-type and n-type semiconductors placed in junction...