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Diode Arrays—Integrated Circuits
We have reached a plateau in our introduction to electronic circuits that permits at least a surface examination of diode…
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Light-Emitting Diodes
The increasing use of digital displays in calculators, watches, and all forms of instrumentation has contributed to the current extensive…
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DIODE TESTING
The condition of a semiconductor diode can be determined quickly using (1) a digital display meter (DDM) with a diode…
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Semiconductor Diode Notation
The notation most frequently used for semiconductor diodes is provided in Fig. 1.40. For most diodes any marking such as…
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Reverse Recovery Time
There are certain pieces of data that are normally provided on diode specification sheets provided by manufacturers. One such quantity…
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Transition And Diffusion Capacitance
Electronic devices are inherently sensitive to very high frequencies. Most shunt capacitive effects that can be ignored at lower frequencies…
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Diode Specification Sheets
Data on specific semiconductor devices are normally provided by the manufacturer in one of two forms. Most frequently, it is…
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Diode Equivalent Circuits
An equivalent circuit is a combination of elements properly chosen to best represent the actual terminal characteristics of a device,…
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AC or Dynamic Resistance
It is obvious from Eq. 1.5 and Example 1.1 that the dc resistance of a diode is independent of the…
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Resistance Levels
As the operating point of a diode moves from one region to another the resistance of the diode will also…
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Semiconductor Materials
The label semiconductor itself provides a hint as to its characteristics. The prefix semiis normally applied to a range of…
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IDEAL DIODE
The first electronic device to be introduced is called the diode. It is the simplest of semiconductor devices but plays…