Tag: Semiconductors

A thyristor is a solid state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P and N type materials. It acts ...

Advantages: There are some advantages of piezoelectric pressure transducer which are given below, Rugged construction and small size. Excellent frequency ...

We have already seen that if some voltage is applied to a semiconductor, the holes move towards the negative terminal  ...

Conduction of current through P type semiconductor Let us see that what happens when we connect a battery across a ...

It is a three region reverse biased junction diode. A layer of intrinsic silicon is sandwiched between two heavily doped ...

Let us see what happens if we connect a battery across an N type semiconductor as shown in below figure. ...

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

Three capacitor defects are detectable with an ohmmeter are short, open and partial short. If the capacitor is in a ...

The V-I characteristic of an IGBT shows the plot of collector current IC versus collector emitter voltage VCE for various values of gate ...

We have already discussed that, the current that a PN junction diode can conduct at a given voltage is dependent ...