Silicon Diode

The simplest semiconductor device in this Age of Silicon is the diode. Somewhat incorrectly, a diode is called “a one-way valve for electricity.” It is sometimes written that a diode “doesn’t obey Ohm’s law.” Ohm’s law says that the electric current through a resistor is a linear function of the vol...

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Published inNanoscale p. 99
Main Authors Deffeyes, Kenneth S, Deffeyes, Stephen E
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The MIT Press 30.09.2011
MIT Press
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Applied sciences
Biogeography
Boron
Charged particles
Chemical elements
Chemistry
Diodes
Electric current
Electrical engineering
Electricity
Electromagnetic radiation
Electromagnetism
Electronic components
Electrons
Energetic particles
Engineering
Fundamental forces
Junction diodes
Light
Light emitting diodes
Metalloids
Microphysics
Molecular biology
Nanotechnology
Particle physics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Semiconductor diodes
Silicon
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Summary:The simplest semiconductor device in this Age of Silicon is the diode. Somewhat incorrectly, a diode is called “a one-way valve for electricity.” It is sometimes written that a diode “doesn’t obey Ohm’s law.” Ohm’s law says that the electric current through a resistor is a linear function of the voltage. I prefer to say that silicon diodes do obey Ohm’s linear law, but they are cleverly arranged to go nonlinear for voltages much smaller than one volt. The illustration shows the inside of a junction diode, made from silicon. The silicon in the right half of both illustrations has
ISBN:9780262516716
0262516713
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/8166.003.0037