and ‘however…’ statements. A zener diode is like a normal silicon diode, where a forward biased diode will pass current with a ~1 volt drop. When a zener diode is reversed biased ...

Circuit symbol: the diode symbol consists of a triangle pointing towards a line. The triangle represents the anode, and the line represents the cathode. Forward-biased diode: an ideal diode ...

There will be an odd-looking circuit that seems to make no sense at all, an amplifier formed from just a forward-biased diode and a couple of resistors. This logic-defying circuit you are told ...

It also includes the symbol for a diode, showing the direction of conventional current flow when the diode is forward biased. (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) When a positive voltage is applied ...

The diffusions leave impurities—phosphorus and boron atoms—that lower the silicon-bar resistance. When you forward-bias the pn junction (diode), current readily flows. When you reverse-bias the pn ...