Transfiguration diode? - Page 1
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author: Stevve
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 02:57:30 am
content: What is the function of a transfiguration diode and how is it used?

author: Paul Price
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 03:04:45 am
content: Transfiguration diodes guide excess digital bits into the bit bin, if they cannot be rectified by any other means if the circuit cannot adjust it's capacity to accept them...so it kinda changes the capacity, or has the potential to change the capacity. or has to have a potential to change its capacity..but i have a bias towards the last definition.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 03:08:21 am
content: I think you're looking for either Minerva McGonagall or a Catholic school....A quick search seems to show that it's a shitty Chinese translation for "varactor diode" / "varicap diode".

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 03:29:49 am
content: Quote from: Paul Price on September 23, 2013, 03:04:45 am

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 04:32:31 am
content: Transfiguration diodes are prevalent in HP equipment. No, not Hewlett Packard!The other HP, Harry Potter

author: Stevve
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 06:32:52 pm
content: So... it's a Catholic capacitor??Thanks for the info all!BTW here's an image of a transfiguration diode. I guess it's just a BB910.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 06:40:31 pm
content: Quote from: Stevve on September 23, 2013, 06:32:52 pmWhere the big capacitors abuse the little capacitors. Regardless of polarity.

author: Stevve
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 07:19:01 pm
content: That's not 100% true because it depends on the bias.

author: Paul Moir
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2013, 08:11:02 pm
content: I think we have a bit of a translation problem here. I think he means a varactor diode:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VaricapIt changes it's capacitance slightly based on the amount of voltage (backwards) across it. It's used mainly for tuning radios without using a variable capacitor.I'm pretty sure a transfiguration diode is used for preventing Jekyll and Hyde type oscillations.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2013, 12:07:13 pm
content: Varactor in Chinese is??Diode is?? apparently translates as "transfiguration"The more you know...

author: Stevve
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2013, 02:02:55 pm
content: Okay, so now we know it's a familiar component, but that doesn't mean we can't still have fun with the clerks at Radio Shack.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2013, 02:22:36 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on September 24, 2013, 12:07:13 pmYes, this is how Chinese looks to me as well.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2013, 09:57:14 am
content: Oops... see image.

author: Stevve
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 25, 2013, 03:54:47 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on September 24, 2013, 02:22:36 pmHmm.. I always thought varactor in Chinese wasat least that's what we learned in school.