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Forward biased is the configuratiuon that a diode conducts.
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A diode conducts only when it is?
a diode will conduct when anode is more positive than the cathode
What do you call a diode installed across a coil with the cathode toward the battery positive?
A diode connected in this way is a flyback diode or kickback diode. There are some other names that may be applied. The diode is a protection device. When power to the coil is discontinued, the electromagnetic field around the coil will collapse. The collapse of that field will induce a voltage, and this could expose circuit elements to "kickback" from the field collapse. The polarity of the induced voltage will, however, forward bias the diode, and it will conduct current for an instant. The inductive kickback of the coil will thus be damped by that diode.
Difference between a diode and a transistor?
diode is a bipolar device and transister is a three terminal device a diode will conduct any time there is a positive voltage from cathode[-] to anode[+] following an exponetial curve of the diode. a transistor can control the same exponential curves by a voltage applied to the base.
Why does the current travel only one way in a junction dioide?
A diode is a silicon semiconductor meaning it will conduct one way because of the pphysical doping during manufacture
What is the breakdown voltage of PN junction diode?
A Zener diode doesn't allow almost any current to flow below a certain voltage. Above this voltage (the breakdown voltage), the amount of current that can flow is almost unlimited; meaning that the device acts as an "open" for lower voltages, and as a "short" for higher voltages.
Is Light Emitting Diode conduct in both direction?
A light emitting diode does not conduct in both directions.
A diode conducts only when it is?
a diode will conduct when anode is more positive than the cathode
Why the diode called polarity switch explain?
A diode will only conduct electricity if the polarity of the current is in the correct direction, because diodes can only conduct in one direction.
What is the negative leg of an LED called?
The side of any diode that must be negative in order for the diode to conduct is the "cathode".
What type of bias causes a diode to conduct?
forward bias
What are or-ing diodes?
A: A diode array that will conduct if anyone of them are hi as in gates
How do you test an hv03-12 high voltage diode?
place the multimeter on the diode. then connect the plobs to the hv diode. it can only conduct in one direction, not both ways. good luck
A diode does what?
A diode is a semiconductor meaning it will conduct from anode to cathode if the anode is held positive. Reversing the polarity Will in effect block current flow.
What does diode do?
A diode is a semiconductor meaning it will conduct from anode to cathode if the anode is held positive. Reversing the polarity Will in effect block current flow.
Can a turned around diode conduct electricity?
In one way it will, in the other it won't
What doed a diode do?
A diode is a semiconductor meaning it will conduct from anode to cathode if the anode is held positive. Reversing the polarity Will in effect block current flow.
How is the zener diode connected to protect the load?
A: A zener is a diode that if reversed voltage is applied will conduct at a certain voltage. This diode zener therefore will conduct at a preset voltage limiting the over voltage to the diode conducting voltage and no more so the load can see the voltage up to the zener voltage and no more because the zener will sink the extra current from over voltage situation.
