To measure a zener diode’s breakdown voltage, you need a dc voltage source whose voltage exceeds that of the zener voltage. In Figure 1, resistor R SER provides voltage drop between V IN and V ZEN.In ...

Instead of these exotic current limiting diodes, he could have used a current source or current sink consisting of an PNP or NPN transistor respectively, a (zener) diodes, and 2 resistors.

Let's continue this example with the same 'thermal diode' under consideration, but now it will be dealt with as a transistor instead of as a 2-terminal diode. Treating the 'thermal diode' as a ...

Diodes embedded in the walls of microfluidic channels provide locally distributed pumping or mixing functions powered by a global external field.

The simple Diode and LED Tester presented here costs under £5 to build (including all components, the battery and a cheap case) and will indicate the polarity of almost all types ...

SMC Diode Solutions is an American-led semiconductor design and manufacturing company based in Nanjing, China. Since the company’s founding in 1997, SMC has provided customers with high-quality ...

Researchers from Berkeley Lab and Columbia University claim to have created the highest-performing, single-molecule diode ever. Said to be 50 times better in performance and efficiency than ...