Assertion: diode's current | /r/HasProperty | small
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: in the region of nano amps
type: LOCATION
value: earlier
type: DEGREE
value: for all basic purposes
type: OTHER
value: for a bias
type: PURPOSE
value: to a few micro amps
type: OTHER
value: often
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: For a bias less than the PIV, the reverse current is very small.
text: When a reverse voltage is applied a perfect diode does not conduct but real diodes leak a very tiny current (typically a few µA).
text: These currents are so small in magnitude in the order of microamperes.
text: However, the electric current produced by the minority carriers is very small.
text: For most, this is at least 50 V. Ordinary diodes that are reverse-biased have reverse current that is so small as to be zero, so that the diode behaves similar to an open circuit.
text: The remaining "leakage" current is often very small but can increase with the diode junction temperature.
text: In practice, however, the diode conducts a small current under these circumstances.
text: For all basic purposes, leakage current is very small, and, thus, is normally negligible.
text: But if reverse voltage is kept in a tolerable range, between 0 and breakdown, the current is very small.
text: The current produced by the photodiode process is extremely small, in the region of nano amps (nA) to a few micro amps (µA), and although the relationship between the amount of light shining on the photodiode and the current produced is quite linear, under very low light conditions the photo current produced is masked by the normal reverse leakage current due to thermal activity within the atomic structure of the diode.
text: When forward current is small
text: The forward current is very small and becomes equivalent to the reverse current of a conventional diode.
text: This reverse current, however, will be extremely small so that the forward biased diode is seen as conducting, whereas the reverse biased diode is seen as not conducting.
text: But as noted earlier this current is extremely small.
text: Signal diodes (small current)