The history of the diode is a fun one as it’s rife with accidental discoveries, sometimes having to wait decades for a use for what was found. Two examples of that are our first two topics: t… ...

A conventional low-voltage silicon diode has a forward voltage drop of about 0.7V and a relatively low maximum reverse voltage, for example with the 1N4001 rectifier it’s 50V.

Figure 1 A positive-temperature coefficient Zener diode in series with a negative-temperature coefficient diode can reduce temperature errors . As an example, a 7.5V Zener diode shows a temperature ...

Mystery of the printed diode solved Date: July 7, 2014 Source: Linköping Universitet Summary: A thirteen-year-long mystery that has involved a long series of researchers has finally been solved.

In this Design Idea, an old technique of diode-based 16-to-4 encoding is combined with a new design, to scan a record number of buttons – 74 – with only four I/O pins!. The diode encoder: Background.

A team of physicists at MIPT has offered a new design of a spin diode, placing the device between two kinds of antiferromagnetic materials. By adjusting the orientation of their antiferromagnetic ...

A group of researchers developed a highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire backward diode, which can covert low-power microwaves into electricity. The new technology is ...

Fifty years after the invention of the laser diode, and forty years after the butterfly effect signified the unpredictability of deterministic chaos, it is commonly believed that a laser diode ...