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    regulate voltage (Zener diodes) or to protect circuits from high voltage surges (avalanche diodes). A semiconductor diode's current–voltage characteristic...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Light-emitting diodes and Light-emitting diodes (SMD). Look up light-emitting diode in Wiktionary, the free dictionary....
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    rectifier was constructed from separate diodes. Since about 1950, a single four-terminal component containing the four diodes connected in a bridge configuration...
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    "Russian tunnel diodes". w140.com. TekWiki. Retrieved 13 November 2023. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tunnel diodes. "Tunnel Diode tutorial"....
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  • Diode logic (or diode-resistor logic) constructs AND and OR logic gates with diodes and resistors. An active device (vacuum tubes in early computers,...
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    p–n diodes, the Schottky diodes are less rugged. The junction is in direct contact with the thermally sensitive metallization; a Schottky diode can therefore...
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    voltage, is reached. Zener diodes are manufactured with a great variety of Zener voltages and some are even variable. Some Zener diodes have an abrupt, heavily...
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  • of p-n junction diodes, but the techniques may be generalized to other solid state diodes. The Shockley diode equation relates the diode current I {\displaystyle...
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  • low to high RF resistance. Diodes are sold commercially in a variety of geometries for specific RF bands and uses. PIN diodes are useful as RF switches...
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  • diodes are also called sometimes superluminescent diodes, superluminescence diodes or superluminescent LEDs. A superluminescent light emitting diode is...
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  • returned to a diode matrix or transistor matrix. A person would microprogram the control store on such early computers by manually attaching diodes to selected...
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    internal 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...
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    emitted beam, which in today's laser diodes range from infrared to the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum. Laser diodes are the most common type of lasers produced...
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  • Diode is a device that is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts electric current in only one direction. Diode or Diodes may also refer to:...
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    Commons has media related to Shockley diodes. Shockley diode analysis Shockley diode information Transistor Diodes, by Shockley himself (Jan. 1960) v t...
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    The Diodes are a Canadian punk rock band formed in 1976 in Toronto. They released five albums: Diodes (1977), Released (1979), Action-Reaction (1980)...
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    500 mW (maximum power dissipation) 1N400x general-purpose diodes 1N58xx Schottky diodes Diode logic "Texas Instruments 1N914 / 1N916 New Product Advertisement"...
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    replaced with one or more diodes; figure 10-43 shows 2 diodes; cites to Schulz 1962. Schulz, D. (August 1962), "A High Speed Diode Coupled NOR Gate", Solid...
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    markets. Diodes serves the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers...
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    In semiconductor devices, a backward diode (also called back diode) is a variation on a Zener diode or tunnel diode having a better conduction for small...
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    including vacuum tube diodes, wet chemical cells, mercury-arc valves, stacks of copper and selenium oxide plates, semiconductor diodes, silicon-controlled...
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    nonlinear negative resistor. The diode is not sold commercially, and is usually built from standard circuit components such as diodes, capacitors, resistors and...
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  • solid-state thermal diodes were built. In April 2015 Italian researchers at CNR announced development of a working thermal diode, publishing results in...
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    doubles diode panel's life span Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Global Post, 13 October 2014 From Molecules to Organic Light Emitting Diodes Archived...
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    reverse current value (roughly a picoampere for silicon diodes or a microampere for germanium diodes, although this is obviously a function of size). For...
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  • rectifiers that recover to the non-conducting state quickly, but in a non-abrupt manner. Diode 1N400x general-purpose diodes "Fast/Ultrafast Diodes". v t e...
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    like a tunnel diode. The term refers to the shape of the V–I curve of the device, which resembles the Greek letter λ (lambda). Lambda diodes work at higher...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Transient voltage suppressor diodes. What are TVS diodes, Semtech Application Note SI96-01 Transient Suppression Devices...
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  • cathodes of both diodes are back-to-back connected to form a large N type base region. To make an NPN transistor, the anodes of both diodes are back-to-back...
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    1N540x (or 1N5400) series is a similarly popular family of diodes rated 3 Amperes. These diodes use the larger DO-201AD axial package to dissipate heat better...
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