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...

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...

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...

Zener diodes are manufactured with a great variety of Zener voltages and some are even variable. Some Zener diodes have an abrupt, heavily doped p–n junction...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

(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...

electronics, a varicap diode, varactor diode, variable capacitance diode, variable reactance diode or tuning diode is a type of diode designed to exploit...

a PNPN diode with alternating layers of P-type and N-type material. It is equivalent to a thyristor with a disconnected gate. Shockley diodes were manufactured...

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...

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)....

An IMPATT diode (impact ionization avalanche transit-time diode) is a form of high-power semiconductor diode used in high-frequency microwave electronics...

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

spectrometers. A photodiode is a PIN structure or p–n junction. When a photon of sufficient energy strikes the diode, it creates an electron–hole pair. This mechanism...

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...

light-emitting diode. The wavelength of the light emitted, and thus its color, depends on the band gap energy of the materials forming the p-n junction. In...

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...

1N4148 is a standard silicon switching signal diode. It is one of the most popular and long-lived switching diodes because of its dependable specifications...

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

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

light-emitting diodes and laser diodes. They are also critical to a full analysis of p-n junction devices such as bipolar junction transistors and p-n junction...