Nanosecond current pulses arise from avalanche breakdown in virtually any diode. Here some experiments exploring these in Zener-diodes, LEDs and finally photon-counting avalanche photodiodes are ...

We like to build things using real parts. But we do think the more you can model using tools like LTSpice, the less time you can spend going down dead ends. If you need to model a common component ...

Figure 1 The addition of a simple diode in the emitter circuit yields the symmetric waveform in Figure 4. Figure 2 This amplifier circuit produces the distorted waveform in Figure 3. Diode D 1 ...

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 ...

Abstract: Forward I-V measurement is an important method used to test the quality of power diodes. Diode with excessive V/sub F/ can be due to either defects in wafer fabrication or soldering ...