diode semiconductor device
21Schottky diode — The Schottky diode (named after German physicist Walter H. Schottky; also known as hot carrier diode) is a semiconductor diode with a low forward voltage drop and a very fast switching action.In the early days of wireless, cat s whisker detectors …
22N-type semiconductor — N type semiconductors are a type of extrinsic semiconductor where the dopant atoms are capable of providing extra conduction electrons to the host material (e.g. phosphorus in silicon). This creates an excess of negative (n type) electron charge… …
23Zener diode — A Zener diode is a type of diode that permits current in the forward direction like a normal diode, but also in the reverse direction if the voltage is larger than the breakdown voltage known as Zener knee voltage or Zener voltage . The device… …
24zener diode — ˈzēnə(r) , ˈzen noun Usage: often capitalized Z Etymology: after Clarence Melvin Zener died 1993 American physicist : a silicon semiconductor device used especially as a voltage regulator * * * /zee neuhr/, Electronics. a semiconductor diode… …
25Doping (semiconductor) — In semiconductor production, doping intentionally introduces impurities into an extremely pure (also referred to as intrinsic) semiconductor for the purpose of modulating its electrical properties. The impurities are dependent upon the type of… …
26light-emitting diode — /luyt i mit ing/. See LED. [1965 70] * * * ▪ electronics in electronics, a semiconductor device that emits infrared or visible light when charged with an electric current. Visible LEDs are used in many electronic devices as indicator lamps …
27Backward diode — In semiconductor devices, a backward diode is a variation on a zener diode or tunnel diode having a better conduction for small reverse biases (for example –0.1 to –0.6 V) than for forward bias voltages.The reverse current in such a diode is by… …
28avalanche diode — noun : a silicon semiconductor device in which the voltage drop remains constant and independent of current beyond a certain applied voltage and which is used in surge protectors * * * avalanche diode, a semiconductor in which a certain applied… …
29metal-oxide semiconductor — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a semiconductor device (as a diode or a capacitor) in which a metallic oxide (as silicon dioxide) serves as an insulating layer …
30zener diode — noun Usage: often capitalized Z Etymology: Clarence M. Zener died 1993 American physicist Date: 1957 a silicon semiconductor device used especially as a voltage regulator …
