Important Points Regarding Working of Transistors: The noteworthy points regarding working of transistors are summarized below. 1. Current conduction in N-P-N transistor is by electrons and the conventional current flow…
Point Contact Diode Construction and Working: The point contact diode is basically constructed by touching a metallic whisker to an exposed surface of an N-type semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor used…
Zener Diode Application: Zener diodes have numerous applications in transistor circuitry. Some of their common Zener Diode Application are explained below. 1. Zener Diode as a Voltage Regulator:Â Voltage regulation is…
Construction and Working of Zener Diode: Zener diode, also sometimes called the breakdown diode, is a P-N junction diode specially designed for operation in the breakdown region in reverse bias…
What is Real Diode? As already mentioned, an actual diode neither behaves as a perfect conductor when forward biased nor as a perfect insulator when reverse biased. When a diode…
Thyratron Working Principle: Thyratron is a hot cathode gas filled triode. Normally it is filled with a small amount of inert gas such as argon, hydrogen, neon or mercury vapour.…
Cold Cathode Gas Filled Diode: The cutaway view of a Cold Cathode Gas Filled Diode is shown in Fig. 5.24. It essentially consists of two electrodes, namely cathode and anode,…
Vacuum Triode, Construction and Working: Construction of Vacuum Triode - The construction and the schematic symbol used for a vacuum triode are illustrated in Fig. 5.8. It, as the name…