Mastering Analog Electronics: Unlocking the Power of Circuits and Semiconductors

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H. H. WardMastering Analog ElectronicsMaker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0245-4_2

2. Semiconductor Devices

Hubert Henry Ward¹  

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Leigh, UK

 

In this chapter, we will learn how engineers tried to make use of the semiconductor materials we looked at in Chapter 1. In this chapter, we will concentrate on the diode and how we make use of it.

The Diode

This is the first device engineers created with the P- and N-type semiconductor material. Indeed, it was actually the PN junction that we looked at in Chapter 1. A brief recap is covered here. Figure 2-1 shows the PN junction that is created when an N-type material is brought into contact with ...