Last week we covered diodes, specifically thermionic and PN junction diodes. But oh, there are more; and they’re special! One of the the most commonly used ‘specialty’ diode would have to be the metal ...

Abstract: We have developed a temperature-sensor of pn junction diode and a microheater combined with this temperature-sensor. This pn junction diode temperature sensor can cover very wide temperature ...

In this tutorial, we propose a virtual/computational experiment, relateated to a PN junction, in the Mathematica computing environment. Now we can reconstruct the voltage-current characteristic of the ...

Abstract: Temperature dependence of the energy conversion efficiency of diamond pn junction betavoltaic cells was evaluated. We fabricated pseudo vertical diamond pn junction diode and characterized ...

Using a PN-junction diode for temperature measurement usually depends on its 2‑mV/K temperature coefficient. Conventionally, you must amplify and digitize this voltage with an ADC before you can use ...

What is a P-N Junction? A p-n junction is a fundamental building block of modern electronics, formed by joining together two types of semiconductor materials: p-type (positive) and n-type (negative).