the Zener voltage, is reached. Zener diodes are manufactured with a great variety of Zener voltages and some are even variable. Some Zener diodes have...

diodes (e.g., BY127 1250V, 1A rectifier diode) BZ-series silicon Zener diodes (e.g., BZY88C4V7 4.7V Zener diode) Other common numbering/coding systems...

non-avalanche diode. The Zener diode exhibits an apparently similar effect in addition to Zener breakdown. Both effects are present in any such diode, but one...

the Zener effect (employed most notably in the appropriately named Zener diode) is a type of electrical breakdown, discovered by Clarence Melvin Zener. It...

the device and leave the circuit unprotected. Surge protector Trisil Zener diode "Evaluating TVS Protection Circuits with SPICE" (PDF). Power Electronics...

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The mechanisms are the Zener effect and avalanche breakdown. The Zener effect is primarily exhibited by reverse-biased diodes and bipolar transistor base-emitter...

replacing the lower resistor with a zener diode with a breakdown voltage equal to the required reference voltage. The zener acts as a voltage regulator stabilising...

like a two-terminal current limiter (analogous to a voltage-limiting Zener diode). It allows a current through it to rise to a certain value, but not...

reference diode or another stable voltage source. Together with 'normal' Zener diodes especially with lower Zener voltages (<5V) the diode might even...

of the Zener diode's action of maintaining a constant voltage across itself when the current through it is sufficient to take it into the Zener breakdown...

Zener diode, which will stop conducting once the reverse voltage drops below the breakdown voltage. QBD (electronics) Single-photon avalanche diode Spark...

Although LED forward voltage is far more current-dependent than a Zener diode, Zener diodes with breakdown voltages below 3 V are not widely available. The...

against overcurrent. Avalanche diode Gunn diode IMPATT diode Lambda diode Resonant-tunneling diode Tunnel junction Zener diode Esaki, Leo (15 January 1958)...

coil and diode. When rapid opening of the contacts is important, a resistor or reverse-biased Zener diode can be placed in series with the diode to help...

needed, a zener diode or series of zener diodes may be employed. Zener diode regulators make use of the zener diode's fixed reverse voltage, which can be...

it would with a simple rectifier diode clamp, as R is higher while the voltage rises to the clamp level. A Zener diode connected to ground will protect...

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

thermal damage. This effect is used to advantage in Zener diode regulator circuits. Zener diodes have a low breakdown voltage. A standard value for breakdown...

rectification may consist of a zener diode-based voltage regulator, which almost completely eliminates any residual ripple. The diode bridge can be generalized...

aren't part of the diode symbols. Diode (rectifier) Schottky diode Zener diode Transient-voltage-suppression diode (TVS) Light-emitting diode (LED) Photodiode...

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...

replaces the LED with three components to create a simple zener diode based voltage regulator. Diode D1 acts as a half-wave rectifier to allow capacitor C...

latching alarm that can only be reset by removing the supply. Zener diode Shockley diode Electronics, Hub. "Diacs". DB3 DB4 SMDB3 DIAC, ST Datasheet (PDF)...

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...

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...

arrow, in which the current flows "most easily"), even for types such as Zener diodes or solar cells where the current of interest is the reverse current.[citation...

used in some laboratory and calibration applications. Laboratory-grade Zener diode secondary solid-state voltage standards used in metrology can be constructed...

breakdown mechanisms: Zener and avalanche. Diodes with the corresponding effects are known as Zener diodes and avalanche diodes. The two mechanisms have...

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