Advantages: The GTO has high capability of blocking voltage. The GTO has more di/dt ratings at turn ON. It has faster...

Advantages: The SCR (silicon controlled rectifier) can handle large voltage, current and power. The Triggering circuit for silicon controlled rectifier (SCR)...

Transistor series voltage regulator The block diagram of transistor series voltage regulator is shown in above figure. In the transistor...

Coherence: The light from a laser is said to be coherent, which means the wavelengths of the laser light are in phase...

Applications: The tunnel diode is used as a microwave oscillator at a frequency of about 10 GHz. It is used...

A solar cell or photovoltaic cell is an electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect which is a physical and chemical phenomenon. It is...

The field effect transistor (FET) is another type of transistor which operates on the principle of that semiconductor conductivity can be...

A Gunn diode is also called as a TED (transferred electron device). It is a two terminal passive semiconductor electronic component with negative resistance used in...

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd., in partnership with Toshiba Materials Co. Ltd., has created an LED that it says more closely...

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have taken a significant step in the development of...