silicon avalanche diode

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• Avalanche diode — An avalanche diode is a diode (usually made from silicon, but can be made from another semiconductor) that is designed to go through avalanche breakdown at a specified reverse bias voltage and conduct as a type of voltage reference.The Zener… …   Wikipedia

• avalanche diode — noun : a silicon semiconductor device in which the voltage drop remains constant and independent of current beyond a certain applied voltage and which is used in surge protectors * * * avalanche diode, a semiconductor in which a certain applied… …   Useful english dictionary

• Avalanche photodiode — Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are photodetectors that can be regarded as the semiconductor analog to photomultipliers. By applying a high reverse bias voltage (typically 100 200 V in silicon), APDs show an internal current gain effect (around 100) …   Wikipedia

• Avalanche-Photodiode — Avalanche Photodioden bzw. Lawinenphotodioden (englisch avalanche photodiode, APD), sind hochempfindliche und schnelle Photodioden. Sie nutzen den inneren photoelektrischen Effekt zur Ladungsträgererzeugung und den Lawinendurchbruch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Diode — Figure 1: Closeup of a diode, showing the square shaped semiconductor crystal (black object on left) …   Wikipedia

• Avalanche transistor — An Avalanche Transistor is a bipolar junction transistor designed for operation in the region of its collector current/collector to emitter voltage characteristics beyond the collector to emitter breakdown voltage, called avalanche breakdown… …   Wikipedia

• Avalanche (disambiguation) — An avalanche is a cascade of snow down a slope.Groups and things that have been named after the avalanche include:Phenomena: *Rock avalanche *Avalanche breakdown, an electrical process *Avalanche effect, aka bit avalanche , a desirable property… …   Wikipedia

• Light-emitting diode — LED redirects here. For other uses, see LED (disambiguation). Light emitting diode Red, pure green and blue LEDs of the 5mm diffused type Type Passive, optoelectronic Working principle Electr …   Wikipedia

• Zener diode — A Zener diode is a type of diode that permits current in the forward direction like a normal diode, but also in the reverse direction if the voltage is larger than the breakdown voltage known as Zener knee voltage or Zener voltage . The device… …   Wikipedia

• PIN diode — Layers of a PIN diode A PIN diode is a diode with a wide, lightly doped near intrinsic semiconductor region between a p type semiconductor and an n type semiconductor region. The p type and n type regions are typically heavily doped because they… …   Wikipedia

• Tunnel diode — A tunnel diode or Esaki diode is a type of semiconductor diode which is capable of very fast operation, well into the microwave frequency region, by using quantum mechanical effects. It was invented in 1958 by Leo Esaki, who in 1973 received the… …   Wikipedia