19-05-2024, 04:41 PM
A good and useful post!
I'd take a slight issue with this though:
Actually, it's usefully considered to be a simple power law, Ia is proportional to Va raised to the power 3/2 - definitely not exponential like silicon diodes.
I'd take a slight issue with this though:
(19-05-2024, 11:17 AM)Mike Watterson Wrote: A diode has only an anode and cathode. It only needs a small positive voltage and the current rise with voltage is exponential until the filament or cathode is damaged or reaches saturation.
Actually, it's usefully considered to be a simple power law, Ia is proportional to Va raised to the power 3/2 - definitely not exponential like silicon diodes.
