Skip to main content
Library homepage
 

Text Color

Text Size

 

Margin Size

 

Font Type

Enable Dyslexic Font
Engineering LibreTexts

1: Physics of Diodes

( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\)

Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, you should be able to:

  • Describe and diagram the energy hill for a PN junction.
  • Discuss the different kinds of diodes available and their uses: rectifier, Zener, LED, photodiode and varactor.
  • Detail the device characteristics exhibited by different diode types.
  • Graph the forward- and reverse-bias operation regions of diodes.
  • Determine the effective resistance of a diode under specific conditions.
  • Solve basic DC resistor-diode circuits for various system voltages and currents.


This page titled 1: Physics of Diodes is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by James M. Fiore via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.

Support Center

How can we help?