Then, once the size of MIT's diode for light is scaled down -- it's currently around 400nm long, some 20 times larger than a transistor -- we might begin to see photonic circuits in computers.

The introduction of silicon carbide (SiC) diodes has been a welcome solution to the reverse recovery losses in continuous conduction mode (CCM) boost power factor corrector (PFC) converters. While SiC ...

If you connect the zener diode’s conducting current in the forward direction, its voltage drop is equal to that of an ordinary silicon diode, or approximately 0.6 to 0.8V. When you apply forward ...

The potential applications for this kind of integrated circuitry are numerous, including Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), digital circuits, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags ...

The history of the diode is a fun one as it’s rife with accidental discoveries, sometimes having to wait decades for a use for what was found. Two examples of that are our first two topics: t… ...

Researchers have invented a new organic polymer tunnel diode -- an electronic component that could one day lead to plastic computer memory and plastic logic circuits on computer chips. Today ...

A conventional low-voltage silicon diode has a forward voltage drop of about 0.7V and a relatively low maximum reverse voltage, for example with the 1N4001 rectifier it’s 50V.

Power Integrations Automotive-Qualified Qspeed Silicon Diodes Feature Lowest Qrr for Efficient, High-Switching-Speed Designs. These 600 V 12 A diodes can replace SiC components in automotive ...

Many researchers are developing photonic devices employing surface plasmon polaritons for applications to photonic integrated circuits.