minority-carrier diode
1Diode — Figure 1: Closeup of a diode, showing the square shaped semiconductor crystal (black object on left) …
2Carrier lifetime — A definition in semiconductor physics, carrier lifetime is defined as the average time it takes for a minority carrier to recombine. The process through which this is done is typically known as minority carrier recombination. The energy released… …
3Step recovery diode — In electronics, a Step recovery diode (SRD) is a semiconductor junction diode having the ability to generate extremely short pulses. It is also called Snap off diode or charge storage diode or memory varactor, and has a variety of uses in… …
4Bipolar junction transistor — BJT redirects here. For the Japanese language proficiency test, see Business Japanese Proficiency Test. PNP …
5Power semiconductor device — Power semiconductor devices are semiconductor devices used as switches or rectifiers in power electronic circuits (switch mode power supplies for example). They are also called power devices or when used in integrated circuits, called power… …
6Deep-level transient spectroscopy — (DLTS) is an experimental tool for studying electrically active defects (known as charge carrier traps) in semiconductors. DLTS establishes fundamental defect parameters and measures their concentration in the material. Some of the parameters are …
7semiconductor device — ▪ electronics Introduction electronic circuit component made from a material that is neither a good conductor nor a good insulator (hence semiconductor). Such devices have found wide applications because of their compactness, reliability,… …
8History of the transistor — Invention of the transistor= The first patent [patent|US|1745175|Julius Edgar Lilienfeld: Method and apparatus for controlling electric current first filed in Canada on 22.10.1925, describing a device similar to a MESFET] for the field effect… …
9Cathode — Diagram of a copper cathode in a galvanic cell (e.g., a battery). A positive current i flows out of the cathode (CCD mnemonic: Cathode Current Departs). A cathode is an electrode through which electric current flows out of a polarized electrical… …
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