EDN

Biasing of P-N Junction

For the standard junction diode, there are two operating regions and three possible biasing conditions. There is no external potential energy applied to the P-N junction when a diode is connected in a ...
EDN

Bias JFET with a diode in the source leg

Electronic Design has a nice Idea for Design where a fellow puts a diode in the source leg of the JFET to raise the bias point by a diode drop. He just ties the gate to common, so it is a normally ...
Machine Design

Solid-state RF switches

PIN diodes are named for a region of undoped intrinsic semiconductor lying between their p and n-type material. This area eliminates capacitance effects between the n and p-type areas that can ...
New Electronics

BiAs single-line ESD protection diode

Vishay Intertechnology has released a bidirectional asymmetrical (BiAs) single-line ESD protection diode in the compact DFN1006-2A package with side-wettable terminals. The VCUT0714BHD1 saves space ...