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Optical diode invented by Jun-Ichi Nishizawa
A PIN diode is a diode with a wide, undoped intrinsic semiconductor region between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor region. The p-type
PIN_diode
Two-terminal electronic component
p–n diodes found in CMOS integrated circuits, which include two diodes per pin and many other internal diodes. Avalanche diodes These are diodes that
Diode
Converts light into current
spectrometers. A photodiode is a PIN structure or p–n junction. When a photon of sufficient energy strikes the diode, it creates an electron–hole pair
Photodiode
Semiconductor light source
A light-emitting diode (LED) is an electronic component that uses a semiconductor to emit light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor
Light-emitting_diode
Semiconductor laser
laser diode (LD, also injection laser diode or ILD or semiconductor laser or diode laser) is a semiconductor device similar to a light-emitting diode in
Laser_diode
Type of diode
A varicap diode, varactor diode, variable capacitance diode, variable reactance diode or tuning diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the voltage-dependent
Varicap
Semiconductor diode producing short impulses
electronics, a step recovery diode (SRD, snap-off diode or charge-storage diode or memory varactor) is a semiconductor junction diode with the ability to generate
Step_recovery_diode
Semiconductor diode
Schottky diode (named after the German physicist Walter H. Schottky), also known as Schottky barrier diode or hot-carrier diode, is a semiconductor diode formed
Schottky_diode
Two-terminal electronic component that limits current to a specified maximum
constant-current diode is an electronic device that limits current to a maximal specified value for the device. It is known as a current-limiting diode (CLD) or
Constant-current_diode
Diode that allows current to flow in the reverse direction at a specific voltage
A Zener diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the Zener effect to affect electric current to flow against the normal direction from anode to cathode
Zener_diode
Electronic component
A transient-voltage-suppression (TVS) diode, also transil, transorb or thyrector, is an electronic component used to protect electronics from voltage
Transient-voltage-suppression diode
Transient-voltage-suppression_diode
Pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices or functions
MOSFET Enhancement mode, P‑channel MOSFET Vacuum tube diode Vacuum tube triode Vacuum tube tetrode (pin letters not part of symbol) Vacuum tube pentode For
Electronic_symbol
Device that controls current between electrodes
General Electric Compactron which has 12 pins. A typical example, the 6AG11, contains two triodes and two diodes. Some otherwise conventional tubes do not
Vacuum_tube
MOSFET that can handle significant power levels
connections. When in the off-state, the power MOSFET is equivalent to a PIN diode (constituted by the P+ diffusion, the N− epitaxial layer and the N+ substrate)
Power_MOSFET
Amateur radio transceiver
low-pass filter to a PIN-diode. In rx mode, these are turned off. The rx signal then passes through a DAN235U; this is a dual diode, and when in UHF rx
Yaesu_FT-817
Form of transistor that emits light
form of transistor that emits light. Higher efficiency than light-emitting diode (LED) is possible.[citation needed] Reported in the January 5, 2004 issue
Light-emitting_transistor
Electronic component that exploits the electronic properties of semiconductor materials
DIAC Diode (rectifier diode) Gunn diode IMPATT diode Laser diode Light-emitting diode (LED) Photocell Phototransistor PIN diode Schottky diode Solar
Semiconductor_device
Connector used to connect to mains power
pin). Many sockets have a third receptacle or pin for a safety connection to earth ground. The plug is a male connector, usually with protruding pins
AC_power_plugs_and_sockets
Solid-state electrically operated switch also used as an amplifier
barrier diode, commonly known as a Schottky diode. This is included in the table because some silicon power IGFETs have a parasitic reverse Schottky diode formed
Transistor
Type of diode
In electronics, an avalanche diode is a diode (made from silicon or other semiconductor) that is designed to experience avalanche breakdown at a specified
Avalanche_diode
Type of transistor
incorporate a body diode. If the characteristics of the body diode are not taken into consideration, the FET can experience slow body diode behavior, where
Field-effect_transistor
Form of diode
A Gunn diode, also known as a transferred electron device (TED), is a form of diode, a two-terminal semiconductor electronic component, with negative differential
Gunn_diode
Diode that emits light from an organic compound
organic light-emitting diode (OLED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a type of light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive
OLED
Diode that works using quantum tunneling
A tunnel diode or Esaki diode is a type of semiconductor diode that has effectively "negative resistance" due to the quantum mechanical effect called
Tunnel_diode
Type of high-power semiconductor diode
An IMPATT diode (impact ionization avalanche transit-time diode) is a form of high-power semiconductor diode used in high-frequency microwave electronics
IMPATT_diode
Type of solid state switch
diodes have a significantly higher performance than the body diode of a MOSFET. The reverse bias rating of the N-drift region to collector P+ diode is
Insulated-gate bipolar transistor
Insulated-gate_bipolar_transistor
First successful type of transistor, developed in 1947
a plastic triangle—a configuration which is essentially a point-contact diode. He then carefully sliced through the gold at the tip of the triangle. This
Point-contact_transistor
DC-to-DC power converter with an output voltage greater than its input voltage
switched-mode power supply (SMPS) containing at least two semiconductors, a diode and a transistor, and at least one energy storage element: a capacitor,
Boost_converter
Discrete device in an electronic system
behaviors. Diode, rectifier, diode bridge Schottky diode (hot carrier diode) – super fast diode with lower forward voltage drop Zener diode – allows current
Electronic_component
Transistor that uses both electrons and holes as charge carriers
of as two diodes (p–n junctions) sharing a common region that minority carriers can move through. A PNP BJT will function like two diodes that share
Bipolar_junction_transistor
Practical physics application
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) produce light (or infrared radiation) by the recombination of electrons and electron holes in a semiconductor, a process called
Light-emitting_diode_physics
used for local measurements. On a laminar semiconductor, a so-called PIN diode is exposed to a tiny spot of light. This exposure causes a change in local
Position_sensitive_device
Type of resistor, usually with three terminals
versus the measured value of the pot's tap (wiper or electrical output) pin. Potentiometers were formerly used to control picture brightness, contrast
Potentiometer
In semiconductor devices, a backward diode (also called back diode) is a variation on a Zener diode or tunnel diode having a better conduction for small
Backward_diode
Late vacuum tube design designed to compete with transistors
are: Pin 2 - Plate/anode Pin 4 - Grid Pin 8 - Cathode Pins 10 and 12 - Heater Base 12AS is the tetrode layout. The connections are: Pin 2 - Grid 2 Pin 4
Nuvistor
Integrated circuit customized for a specific task
1967, Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the Micromatrix family of bipolar diode–transistor logic (DTL) and transistor–transistor logic (TTL) arrays. Complementary
Application-specific integrated circuit
Application-specific_integrated_circuit
Electronic component
non-ohmic current–voltage characteristic that is similar to that of a diode. Unlike a diode however, it has the same characteristic for both directions of traversing
Varistor
Electrical safety device that provides overcurrent protection
Other fuses have other indication methods including: Indicating pin or striker pin — extends out of the fuse cap when the element is blown. Indicating
Fuse_(electrical)
Single-grid amplifying vacuum tube having three active electrodes
Audion, a partial vacuum tube that added a grid electrode to the thermionic diode (Fleming valve), the triode was the first practical electronic amplifier
Triode
Type of vacuum tube; early radio detector
diode, a vacuum tube whose purpose is to conduct current in one direction and block current flowing in the opposite direction. The thermionic diode was
Fleming_valve
Hole accumulation diode (HAD) is an electronic noise reduction device in a charge-coupled device (CCD) or CMOS imaging sensor, patented by the Sony Corporation
Hole_accumulation_diode
Electronic circuit formed on a small, flat piece of semiconductor material
resin. In the 1980s, the pin count of VLSI circuits exceeded the practical limit of DIP packaging, leading to the adoption of pin grid array (PGA) and leadless
Integrated_circuit
Type of DC-to-DC converter
circuit (if, for example, the supply is a battery) because the supply and diode polarity can simply be reversed. When they can be reversed, the switch can
Buck–boost_converter
Electrical device that converts AC to DC
including vacuum tube diodes, wet chemical cells, mercury-arc valves, stacks of copper and selenium oxide plates, semiconductor diodes, silicon-controlled
Rectifier
Semiconductor device
holding current). Thus, a thyristor behaves like a normal semiconductor diode after it is turned on, or fired. The GTO can be turned on by a gate signal
Gate_turn-off_thyristor
Type of display device
technologies that use color filters, such as blue/UV organic light-emitting diode (OLED), MicroLED, or QNED display panels. QD-OLED displays, which use blue
Quantum_dot_display
Type of solid-state switch
device which can be thought of as being a highly robust and switchable diode, allowing the passage of current in one direction but not the other, often
Thyristor
Four-layer solid-state current-controlling device
in the tens of volts. ASCRs are used where either a reverse conducting diode is applied in parallel (for example, in voltage-source inverters) or where
Silicon_controlled_rectifier
Devices that measure magnetic field strength using the Hall effect
normally require at least three pins (for power, ground, and output). However, two-wire ICs only use a power and ground pin, and instead communicate data
Hall_effect_sensor
Device for generating microwaves
the electrodes. With no magnetic field present, the tube operates as a diode, with electrons flowing directly from the cathode to the anode. In the presence
Cavity_magnetron
Electronic component
operate until the fuse is replaced. Positive temperature coefficient Zener diode U.S. Patent 2258958.: "Conductive device", filed 13 Jul 1939, retrieved
Resettable_fuse
Electronic component
the two sides of the capacitor. This effect is intentionally exploited in diode-like devices known as varicaps. If a capacitor is driven with a time-varying
Capacitor
Array of logic gates that are reprogrammable
is a programmable slew rate on each output pin. This allows the user to set low rates on lightly loaded pins that would otherwise ring or couple unacceptably
Field-programmable_gate_array
Type of resistor whose resistance varies with temperature
styles, such as axial-leaded glass-encapsulated (DO-35, DO-34 and DO-41 diodes), glass-coated chips, epoxy-coated with bare or insulated lead wire and
Thermistor
Tunneling diode
A resonant-tunneling diode (RTD) is a diode with a resonant-tunneling structure in which electrons can tunnel through some resonant states at certain energy
Resonant-tunneling_diode
Electronic reconfiguration can be achieved by several possible methods. PIN diodes can be used to enable fast phase reconfiguration with an insertion loss
Transmitarray_antenna
Highly sensitive semiconductor electronic device
highly sensitive type of photodiode, which in general are semiconductor diodes that convert light into electricity via the photovoltaic effect. APDs use
Avalanche_photodiode
centre pin is the same diameter as the centre of RG402 Coax so that connections to that cable can be made with no discontinuity, forming the pin from the
List_of_RF_connector_types
Capacitor whose capacitance can be changed
layer of a reverse-biased semiconductor diode varies with the DC voltage applied across the diode. Any diode exhibits this effect (including p/n junctions
Variable_capacitor
Electrical device
The voltage drop and switching time of diode D1 is critical to a SEPIC's reliability and efficiency. The diode's switching time needs to be extremely fast
Single-ended primary-inductor converter
Single-ended_primary-inductor_converter
Device for producing coherent EM waves in the sub-visible spectrum
Light-emitting diode (LED) Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) Photodiode PIN diode p–n diode Tunnel diode Avalanche photodiode (APD) Solar cell Multi-junction
Maser
Type of electrical current converter
using a diode and a switch. A non-isolated Ćuk converter comprises two inductors, two capacitors, a switch (usually a transistor), and a diode. Its schematic
Ćuk_converter
"crystal" mixer diodes, used in radar units as a frequency mixer element in microwave radar receivers. A parallel project on germanium diodes at Purdue University
History_of_the_transistor
Part of a Geiger counter
Schottky diode Step recovery diode (SRD) Zener diode Resonant-tunneling diode (RTD) Photoreflector Backward diode Geometric diode Lr-diode Chua's diode BARITT
Geiger–Müller_tube
Microchip manipulating light instead of electricity
1958 for them to become commercially available. When the laser and laser diode were invented in the 1960s, the term "photonics" fell into more common usage
Photonic_integrated_circuit
DC-DC voltage step-down power converter
contain at least two semiconductors (a diode and a transistor, although modern buck converters frequently replace the diode with a second transistor used for
Buck_converter
Passive electronic component providing electrical resistance
Schottky diode Step recovery diode (SRD) Zener diode Resonant-tunneling diode (RTD) Photoreflector Backward diode Geometric diode Lr-diode Chua's diode BARITT
Resistor
Type of diode
The DIAC (diode for alternating current) is a diode that conducts electrical current only after its breakover voltage, VBO, has been reached momentarily
DIAC
System designed to maintain a constant voltage
forward-biased diode (or series of diodes), forming a voltage divider of sorts. Due to the logarithmic shape of diode V-I curves, the voltage across the diode changes
Voltage_regulator
Light dependent resistor
light source may be a small incandescent or neon lamp, or light-emitting diode. Popularity has waned, but they are still used in audio applications, such
Photoresistor
Electronic device/component that increases the strength of a signal
unwanted oscillation. Also, the use of fixed diode bias as shown here can cause problems if the diodes are not both electrically and thermally matched
Amplifier
Semiconductor device with variable capacitance
a variable capacitance with voltage bias, similar to a varactor diode. Unlike a diode, it has an anti-symmetric current-voltage relationship and a symmetric
Heterostructure barrier varactor
Heterostructure_barrier_varactor
Power amplifier
charged via a diode, and this charge is used to later drive the gate of the high side FET gate a few volts above the source or emitter pin's voltage so as
Gate_driver
Type of semiconductor laser diode
surface-emitting laser (VCSEL /ˈvɪksəl/) is a type of semiconductor laser diode with laser beam emission perpendicular from the top surface, contrary to
Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
Vertical-cavity_surface-emitting_laser
Technology for constructing integrated circuits
wells and substrate (for e.g., n-well vs. p-substrate). In modern process diode leakage is very small compared to sub threshold and tunnelling currents
CMOS
Type of transistor
(E) and two bases (B1 and B2) and so is sometimes known a "double-base diode". The base is formed by a lightly doped n-type bar of silicon. Two ohmic
Unijunction_transistor
Fast, high sensitivity, low noise electronic photon detector
operated in photon-counting, or Geiger, mode (see also Single-photon avalanche diode). In Geiger mode the photomultiplier gain is set so high (using high voltage)
Photomultiplier_tube
Temperature control system
This is moved to the right for a higher temperature. The round indicator pin in the center of the second slot shows through a numbered slot in the outer
Thermostat
Solid-state photodetector
A single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), also called Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (G-APD or GM-APD) is a solid-state photodetector within the same
Single-photon_avalanche_diode
A LR-Diode circuit exhibits non-linear behavior and demonstrates chaotic behavior. By adjusting the amplitude of the driving frequency one can see period
Lr-diode
diode triode is a type of electronic vacuum tube once widely used in radio receivers. The tube has a triode for amplification, along with two diodes,
Double_diode_triode
Holder and connection for electrical lamps
9 mm (0.35433 in) pin spacing G12 – 12 mm (0.47244 in) pin spacing Medium bi-pin is used on each end of a T12 fluorescent lamp Mini bi-pin is used with MR16
Lightbulb_socket
Type of field-effect transistor
the electrons supplied by donors in the AlGaAs layer are insufficient to pin the layer. As a result, band bending is moving upward and the two-dimensional
High-electron-mobility transistor
High-electron-mobility_transistor
Geometric diodes, also known as morphological diodes, use the shape of their structure and ballistic / quasi-ballistic electron transport to create diode behavior
Geometric_diode
Emission of secondary X-rays from a material excited by high-energy X-rays
above. Proportional counters or various types of solid-state detectors (PIN diode, Si(Li), Ge(Li), silicon drift detector SDD) are used. They all share
X-ray_fluorescence
Vacuum tube used to display images
by the German physicist Ferdinand Braun in 1897. It was a cold-cathode diode, a modification of the Crookes tube with a phosphor-coated screen. Braun
Cathode_ray_tube
Passive two-terminal electrical component that stores energy in its magnetic field
Light-emitting diode (LED) Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) Photodiode PIN diode p–n diode Tunnel diode Avalanche photodiode (APD) Solar cell Multi-junction
Inductor
Central computer component that executes instructions
Light-emitting diode (LED) Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) Photodiode PIN diode p–n diode Tunnel diode Avalanche photodiode (APD) Solar cell Multi-junction
Central_processing_unit
Type of field-effect transistor
P–N junction formed between the channel and the gate. As with an ordinary diode, the arrow points from P to N, the direction of conventional current when
JFET
Type of non-planar transistor
Schottky diode Step recovery diode (SRD) Zener diode Resonant-tunneling diode (RTD) Photoreflector Backward diode Geometric diode Lr-diode Chua's diode BARITT
Fin_field-effect_transistor
Type of field-effect transistor
connection. Some symbols will also explicitly show the MOSFET's intrinsic body diode along an outer (and sometimes dotted, as may be done for parasitic elements)
MOSFET
Short-range wireless standard
LED, a computer-controlled pin is turned on and off at the right time. Cross-talk from the LED to the receiving PIN diode is extreme, so the protocol
IrDA
Type of voltage regulator
regulator). Simple linear regulators may only contain as little as a Zener diode and a series resistor; more complicated regulators include separate stages
Linear_regulator
Nonlinear two-terminal fundamental circuit element
memristor plays a crucial role in mimicking the charge storage effect in the diode base, and is also responsible for the conductivity modulation phenomenon
Memristor
Electronic oscillator circuit
adjustable ("pullable") by modifying the attached capacitances. A varactor, a diode with capacitance depending on applied voltage, is often used in voltage-controlled
Crystal_oscillator
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up PIN, pin, Pin, pín, pìn, pîn, pīn, pǐn, or piņ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together
Pin_(disambiguation)
Magnetic effect in insulators between ferromagnets
electrode (with fixed magnetization) acts as spin-polarizer. This may then be pinned to some selecting transistor in a magnetoresistive random-access memory
Tunnel_magnetoresistance
Sensors of light or other electromagnetic energy
producing a photocurrent. Photodiodes can be further categorized into: a. PIN Photodiodes: These photodiodes have an additional intrinsic (I) region between
Photodetector
Device used in television cameras
initial photoconductor used was selenium, other targets—including silicon diode arrays—have been used. Vidicons with these targets are known as Si-vidicons
Video_camera_tube
Gas-filled tube, electrical switch, rectifier
6D4, found an additional use as a potent noise source, when operated as a diode (grid tied to cathode) in a transverse magnetic field. Sufficiently filtered
Thyratron
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