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The Barrier Injection Transit Time diode OR BARITT diode, bears many similarities to the more widely used IMPATT diode. The ...

Positive terminal of the battery is connected to the P-crystal and negative terminal of the battery is connected to N-crystal. ...

A properly doped PN junction diode, which has a sharp breakdown, is known as a zener diode. It is also ...

Rectifiers may be classified into the following two categories depending upon the period of conduction, Half wave rectifier Full wave ...

The Tunnel diode is a highly doped semiconductor device which is commonly used for low voltage high frequency switching applications. ...

The tunnel diode was first introduced by Dr. Leo Easki in 1958. The Tunnel diode is high conductivity two terminal ...

There are some important applications of PN junction diode which are given below. The PN junction diode used as varactor ...

Advantages: There are some advantages of zener diode shunt regulator which are given below. The zener diode shunt regulator gives a better ...

A zener diode is a particular type of diode which allows current to flow not only from its anode to cathode, but also in ...

An Impact ionization avalanche transit-time (IMPATT) diode is a form of high-power semiconductor diode used in high frequency microwave electronics devices. They have negative resistance and are used as oscillators to generate ...