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A semiconductor diode has these advantages over a vacuum tube:

  • smaller
  • cheaper
  • runs cooler
  • much more rugged
  • very long life
  • no heater, so needs no power supply to work
  • less electrically noisy
  • can be made part of an I.C.
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