When the diode is forward biased and conducting electricity it will pass through any variations in the voltage being put into them, but when it is reverse biased and not conducting any electricity ...

This book also provides an introduction to the study of semiconductor devices such as PN-junction diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJT), field-effect transistors (FET), and metal-oxide ...

A semiconductor diode is a non-linear device whose most outstanding feature is the fact that, basically, current is only allowed to flow in one direction. The diode is built by joining together two ...

When the diode is forward biased and conducting electricity it will pass through any variations in the voltage being put into them, but when it is reverse biased and not conducting any electricity ...

Energy band diagram of pn junction under forward bias, Continuity equation, Boundary conditions, Ideal diode equation, Long- and short-base diodes, Recombination and generation in the depletion region ...

This chapter brings together the concepts on fabrication of a junction, barrier formation at the junction carrier and transport through it, forward and reverse biased conditions of a p–n junction and ...

When a positive voltage is applied to the p-type side (forward bias), it shrinks and ... voltage is applied to the p-type of the diode (reverse bias), it increases the depletion zone and prevents ...