The thermal fuse and PN diode work well for overcurrent and reverse-battery connection protection, respectively, but have some unavoidable shortcomings. Alternatives based on low on-resistance MOSFETs ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. Power systems employ diodes to perform a variety of functions. For example, diodes can protect against damage due to power-source reverse-polarity ...

Negative differential resistance, sometimes called negative dynamic resistance (NDR), occurs when an increase in voltage ...

Most modern electronic devices consist of several key components: transistors, capacitors, resistors, inductors and diodes. Often, they are supplemented by additional components like crystals and ...

Technological advances in the electronics industry have resulted in our digital cameras, computers, and cell phones drastically reducing in size. In order to maintain this momentum, there is a strong ...

An international team has cracked a challenge that could herald a new era of ultra-high-density computing. For years engineers and scientists around the world have been trying to make smaller and ...

Diodes, logic gates and sensors can be built from metal nanoparticles coated with charged organic ligands. Nanoparticles have been used extensively as an electrode material 7,8, but are generally poor ...

In a world first, researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have successfully developed a resonant tunnel diode (RTD) that ...

Dublin, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Zener Diode Market Report 2024" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This Zener Diode market report covers industry characteristics, size ...

Semiconductor Electronics Class 12 MCQ Questions: Before the transistor's discovery in 1948, vacuum tubes were the primary tools for managing electron flow in electronic circuits. These tubes, ...