Semiconductor electronics

Gunn Diode – Features, Operation & Applications

Features of a Gunn Diode A gunn diode is made up of only N-type semiconductor which is typically sandwiched between…

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PIN Diode – Features & Applications

PIN diode is characterized by fast low capacitance switching. A PIN diode is fabricated in a similar fashion to a…

4 months ago

Schottky Diode – Features & Applications

Schottky diode is fabricated as a metal-to-N junction rather than a P-N semiconductor junction. Also referred to as hot-carrier diodes,…

5 months ago

Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET (MOSFET)

The Metal oxide semiconductor FET (MOSFET) also known as the insulated-gate FET (IGFET) is similar to JFET but exhibits even…

1 year ago

The Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFET)

The bipolar transistor has several disadvantages: it has low input impedance because of forward biased emitter junction, it has small…

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Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)

By placing two PN junctions together we can create a bipolar junction transistor. In a PNP transistor the majority charger…

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Semiconductor Diodes

A diode is a device that allows current to flow only in one direction. It is made from p-type or…

3 years ago

The Basics of Semiconductor Physics as the Foundation of Electronics

Metals have a large number of weakly bound electrons in what is called their conduction band. When an electric field…

3 years ago