Originally they were made by placing a positively charged anode plate within view of a tungsten cathode in a high vacuum. By heating the cathode to ... we can form a PN junction; a diode.

Schematic Diagram of a P-N Junction Diode: The diagram illustrates the basic structure of a p-n junction diode with p-type silicon on one side, n-type silicon on the other, and the anode and cathode ...

It has two points of contact, or terminals, called its anode and cathode. A diode’s primary purpose is to allow current to flow in only one direction. It achieves this using a p-n junction.

A conventional PN junction diode may have a voltage drop between 0.6-1.7 V, whereas the Schottky diode voltage drop is 0.15V ñ0.45V. A lower voltage drop permits a higher switching speed as well ...

The specific direction of motion with regards to the diode cathode and anode indicates that a d.c. field along the diode is responsible for ... which is an intrinsic property of the pn junction 28.

Widely used solid-state devices fabricated with inorganic semiconductors, including light-emitting diodes and solar cells, derive much of their function from the p–n junction. Such junctions ...

Last week we covered diodes, specifically thermionic and PN junction diodes.But oh, there are more; and they’re special! One of the the most commonly used ‘specialty’ diode would have to be ...