Assertion: diode's current | /r/CapableOf | flow in one direction
Facets:
value: easily
type: MANNER
value: from the anode
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: freely
type: MANNER
value: always
type: TEMPORAL
value: to the cathode
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: naturally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Electronic component that only allows current to flow in one direction
text: A diode is a semiconductor device that allows electrical current to flow in only one direction.
text: If the rating is exceeded and the diode fails, it may short and either a) allow current to flow in both directions or b) halt current from flowing in either direction.
text: Current in AC circuits literally alternates -- quickly switches between running in the positive and negative directions -- but current in a DC signal only runs in one direction.
text: Current naturally flows in the direction from the anode to the cathode.
text: They allow current to move easily in one direction, but not in the other.
text: The main function of a diode is to block the current in one direction, and allow current to flow in the other direction.
text: A bad (opened) diode does not allow current to flow in either direction.
text: A diode is a device used in electricity to allow a current to move in only one direction easily.
text: It allows current to flow easily in one direction, but severely restricts current from flowing in the opposite direction.
text: In simple language, a diode is like one-way valve which allows electric current to flow in one direction but generally does not allow it to flow in the opposite direction.
text: First, what is a diode?A diode is a semiconducting device, that allows current to flow in one direction but not the other.
text: The semiconductor diode or P-N junction diode is a two-terminal device that allows current to flow only in one direction and blocks the flow of current in another direction.
text: John Fleming's valve or diode (1904) allowed electrical current to flow in one direction only.
text: Used in all sorts of electrical and electronic systems, the diode functions as a one-way valve for electric current—it only allows current to flow in one direction.
text: Now, I know we’ve been talking this whole time about diodes only allowing current to flow in one direction, but this rule can be broken.
text: Like standard diodes, LEDs only allow current to flow in one direction, but with a twist!
text: A Diode is an electronic component that allows electric current to flow in one direction only.
text: Zener diodes are a special type of semiconductor diode– devices that allow current to flow in one direction only –that also allow current to flow in the opposite direction, but only when exposed to enough voltage.
text: Diode exhibits nonlinear V-I characteristics and it allows the current to flow only in one direction – during forward bias in which it offers very low resistance.
text: A diode allows current to flow in one direction but not the other.
text: Since diodes allow electrical current to flow in one direction only, the polarity of the direct current electrical energy at one end of the diode chain is always positive, whereas at the other end of the chain, the polarity is negative.
text: A DC voltage produces a current which always flows in one direction (either forward direction or backward direction).
text: This circuit consists of a single diode that only allows current to flow in one direction.
text: Diodes are electronic components functions as a one-way valve it means it allow current to flow in one direction.
text: In electric circuits, a diode is a component that allows the current to flow only in one direction.
text: Since these diodes only allow electrical current to flow in one direction, they are used to convert AC power into DC power.
text: A diode allows electrical current to flow in one direction -- from the anode to the cathode.
text: The diode only allows current to flow in one direction.
text: LEDs, being diodes, will only allow current to flow in one direction.
text: By restricting the direction of movement of charge carriers, it allows an electric current to flow in one direction, but blocks it in the opposite direction.
text: This is possible because diodes only allow current to flow in one direction.
text: Diodes only allow current to flow in one direction, and they're always polarized.
text: A silicon diode is a semiconductor that has positive and negative polarity, and can allow electrical current to flow in one direction while restricting it in another.
text: It can be thought of as an electronic valve that only allows current to flow in one direction.
text: Both p-type and n-type silicon will conduct electricity just like any conductor; however, if a piece of silicon is doped p-type in one section and n-type in an adjacent section, current will flow in only one direction across the junction between the two regions.
text: Diodes are electronic components which have the ability to allow current to flow in only one direction.
text: The fundamental Diodes allow current to flow in only one direction and also change the electrical current from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC), the process of conversion is known as rectification.
text: A diode can be defined simply as an electronic component with two terminals capable of exhibiting asymmetric conductance which implies that it allows current to flow in only one direction (zero resistance) and inhibits flow of current in other direction (infinite resistance).
text: There are other types of diodes, which all share the basic function of allowing electrical current to flow in only one direction, but with different methods of construction.
text: Rectifier Diode Rectifier diodes are electronic devices that allow current to flow in only one direction.
text: One can think of a diode as a device which allows current to flow in only one direction.
text: It is one of the simplest semiconductor devices as it allows current to flow in only one direction.
text: Braun observed that current flows freely in only one direction at the contact between a metal point and a galena crystal.
text: Some diodes can be damaged by the reverse flow of current, while others are designed to allow current to flow in both directions.
text: This results in a two directional "diode" electric switch where the current can flow in both directions when it is triggered (turned on).