The Shockley diode equation, or the diode law, named after transistor co-inventor William Shockley of Bell Labs, models the exponential current–voltage...
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for power diodes and can be modeled by a Shockley ideal diode in series with a fixed resistor. The Shockley ideal diode equation or the diode law (named...
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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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boards. The current in an LED or other diodes rises exponentially with the applied voltage (see Shockley diode equation), so a small change in voltage can...
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P–n junction (redirect from Idiot Diode)
current is in the same direction on both sides of the diode, as required. The Shockley diode equation models the forward-bias operational characteristics...
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William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American inventor, physicist, and eugenicist. He was the manager of a research...
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infinite resistance when reverse-biased. But real diodes are better approximated by the Shockley diode equation, which has an more complicated exponential current–voltage...
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Crystal detector (redirect from Cat's whisker diode)
Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1949 at Bell Labs William Shockley derived the Shockley diode equation which gives the nonlinear exponential current–voltage...
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concentrations of charge carriers (electrons and holes) change (see Shockley diode equation), and according to the authors the rate of recombination changes...
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increase the rescaled entropy by one nat. In semiconductors, the Shockley diode equation—the relationship between the flow of electric current and the electrostatic...
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runaway and destroy the diode. The DC current-voltage behavior of the ideal p–n diode is governed by the Shockley diode equation: I D = I R ( e V D n V...
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LED circuit (category Light-emitting diodes)
LED is similar to any diode. Current is approximately an exponential function of voltage according to the Shockley diode equation, and a small voltage...
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The mathematical description of the current is provided by the Shockley diode equation. The low current conducted under reverse bias and the large current...
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first approximation this current should be constant (as in the Shockley diode equation); however, current rises gradually with reverse bias due to a weak...
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I_{\text{SH}}={\frac {V_{\text{j}}}{R_{\text{SH}}}}} By the Shockley diode equation, the current diverted through the diode is: I D = I 0 { exp [ V j n V T ] − 1 } {\displaystyle...
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Carrier generation and recombination (redirect from Shockley–Hall–Read process)
optoelectronic semiconductor devices, such as photodiodes, light-emitting diodes and laser diodes. They are also critical to a full analysis of p-n junction devices...
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transistor, VBE refers to base-emitter voltage. This equation implies (using the Shockley diode equation): Eq. 1 ( β 2 + 1 ) I B 2 = ( 1 + 1 β 2 ) I C 2 =...
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of electronics. Practical applications started with the invention of the diode by Ambrose Fleming and the triode by Lee De Forest in the early 1900s, which...
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current in a semiconductor diode, the depletion layer must be large compared to the mean free path. One begins with the equation for the net current density...
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Reciprocity (optoelectronic) (section Reciprocity between the photovoltaic quantum efficiency and the electroluminescence spectrum of a pn-junction diode)
reciprocity relations relate properties of a diode under illumination to the photon emission of the same diode under applied voltage. The relations are useful...
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the direction of William Shockley. The junction version known as the bipolar junction transistor (BJT), invented by Shockley in 1948, was for three decades...
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Small-signal model (section PN junction diodes)
v_{\mathrm {IN} }(t)=5+0.2\cos(2\pi t)} The (large-signal) Shockley equation for a diode can be linearized about the bias point or quiescent point (sometimes...
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individual components; for example, a diode can be modeled/represented in a MNA with DAEs via the Shockley equation, but one cannot use an apparently simpler...
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photodiode current is expressed as: The Shockley equation gives I–V (current-voltage) characteristic of an idealized diode: The value of I s {\displaystyle I_{s}}...
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occur, and where each of the cells has a JV-characteristic given by the diode equation, the JV-characteristic of the stack is given by J = 1 2 ( J SC,1 + J...
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stars, and applications such as scanning tunnelling microscopy, tunnel diode and tunnel field-effect transistor. When quantum systems interact, the result...
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resembling the MOS transistor was proposed by Bell scientists William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain, during their investigation that...
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Kolmogorov backward equation – Lacquer – LAN – Laplace transform – Laser diode – Leakage inductance – Least squares – Light-emitting diode – Line integral...
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the conversion is performed with semiconductor switching devices such as diodes, thyristors, and power transistors such as the power MOSFET and IGBT. In...
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Perovskite solar cell (section Shockley-Queisser limit)
power-conversion efficiencies. Solar cell efficiency is limited by the Shockley-Queisser limit. This calculated limit sets the maximum theoretical efficiency...
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