Point Contact Diode Construction and Working: The point contact diode is basically constructed by touching a metallic whisker to an exposed surface of an N-type semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor used…
Tunnel Diode Construction and Working: Tunnel Diode Construction and Working - The tunnel diode (sometimes called the Esaki diode after its inventor, Dr. Leo Esaki) is a high conductivity, heavily…
Switching Diode in Electronics: In discussing the rectifier diodes, the importance of reducing the reverse-bias current and the power losses under forward bias to the minimum was emphasized. But in…
Equivalent Circuit of a Diode: It is usually advantageous to replace a device or system by its equivalent circuit. An equivalent circuit of a device or a system is a…
Quantitative Theory of PN Junction Diode: Quantitative Theory of PN Junction Diode - Here an expression for the total current will be derived as a function of the applied voltage…
Current Components in PN Junction Diode: A Current Components in PN Junction Diode with a forward bias with an external voltage V is shown in Fig. 7.12 (a). Due to…
Explain Steady State Conditions in Semiconductor: Explain Steady State Conditions in Semiconductor - When the P-N junction is forward biased, current flows quite freely P to N in a P-N…
Space Charge Region at a Junction: As explained already, the interface separating the N and P-regions is called the metallurgical junction. Let us consider a step junction in which the…