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Diode

A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts electric current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance). It has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other.

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Component type
Active
Invention year
1901
Inventor
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Pin names
Anode, Cathode

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Etymology

Vacuum tube diodes

Semiconductor diodes

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Abbreviations

  • PCBs Printed circuit board

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Diode

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Edges244
Triples240
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008163
Components1

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Diode

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related to Further reading · 32
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related to Thermionic · 14
Diode → About, Britain, DC, Edison, Fleming, Frederick Guthrie, In, John Ambrose Fleming, Marconi Company, November, They, Thomas Edison, Throughout, Today
related to Semiconductor · 13
Diode → Fitts, German, Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, He, Henry Dunwoody, In, Indian, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Karl Ferdinand Braun, November, Other, The, Wichi Torikata
related to Ionizing radiation detectors · 12
Diode → Because, For, Germanium, If, In, Semiconductor, Silicon, Some, The, These, They, This
related to Point-contact diodes · 12
Diode → Bell Laboratories, For, GHz, In, N-type, Non-welded, Schottky, Silicon, The, Those, Until, With
related to Reverse-recovery effect · 10
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related to Current–voltage characteristic · 8
Diode → As, At, For, However, N-doped, P-doped, The, When
related to Threshold voltage · 8
Diode → At, Datasheets, For, LEDs, Rectifier, See, This, VF
related to Graphic symbols · 7
Diode → DiodeLight-emitting, LED, PhotodiodeSchottky, The, There, Tunnel, TVS
related to Other functions · 7
Diode → Diodes, For, Gunn, IMPATT, These, Tunnel, TV

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current diodes used semiconductor voltage silicon cathode crystal detectors rectifier reverse junction electrons power temperature also radio region two called

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DiodeComponent typeActive1.00infobox
DiodeInvention year19011.00infobox
DiodeInventorJagadish Chandra Bose1.00infobox
DiodePin namesAnode, Cathode1.00infobox
Diodeis atwo-terminal electronic component that conducts electric current primarily in one direction0.90text
Diodeis avacuum tube with two electrodes0.90text
Diodeis alight-emitting diode0.90text
Diodeis avacuum tube consisting of a sealed0.90text
gallium arsenideinstance ofbut other semiconducting materials0.80text
germanium are also used.The obsolete thermionic diode is a vacuum tube with two electrodesinstance ofbut other semiconducting materials0.80text
a heated cathodeinstance ofbut other semiconducting materials0.80text
a plateinstance ofbut other semiconducting materials0.80text

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