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A '''semiconductor diode''' is a two-terminal device that conducts current in only one direction, made by joining a ''p''-type semiconducting layer to an ''n''-type semiconducting layer. | A '''semiconductor diode''' is a two-terminal device that conducts current in only one direction, made by joining a ''p''-type semiconducting layer to an ''n''-type semiconducting layer. | ||
==Electrical behavior== | |||
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The ideal diode has infinite resistance (conducts zero current) for the ''reverse voltage polarity'' and has zero resistance for the ''forward bias polarity''. The ''pn-diode'' is not ideal. | |||
Revision as of 15:54, 8 January 2011
A semiconductor diode is a two-terminal device that conducts current in only one direction, made by joining a p-type semiconducting layer to an n-type semiconducting layer.
Electrical behavior
The ideal diode has infinite resistance (conducts zero current) for the reverse voltage polarity and has zero resistance for the forward bias polarity. The pn-diode is not ideal.