January 2016
Beginner
230 pages
7h 53m
English
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6.19 My
results
from
the
zener
diode
experiment
are
given
in
this
graph
and in
Tables
6.7 and 6.8
about -3 V which occurs when the reverse current ap-
pears to be zero, but in
fact,
a small saturation current
does
exist — it was simply too small to measure on the
meter.
Voila
—
a
complete
diode
characteristic
curve.
Finally,
it stands to reason that any diode must have
maximum ratings above which the heat generated by the
voltage
and current is too much for the diode to with-
stand. Under such circumstances the diode body may
melt
(if it is a glass diode such as the
OA47) ...
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