Assertion: diode | /r/CapableOf | conduct current
Facets:
value: in one direction
type: LOCATION
value: in only one direction
type: MANNER
value: forward
type: MANNER
value: because of the heavy doping
type: CAUSE
value: similarly
type: MANNER
value: across
type: LOCATION
value: instantly
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the forward
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other.
text: When voltage is applied in reverse, the diode conducts no current at all.
text: Well, a diode is an electronic component that conducts current in one direction and blocks current from flowing in the other direction.
text: The diode is said to be “forward biased” when conducting current in this direction.
text: The diode is said to be “forward biased” when conducting current in this direction.
text: Ideally* a diode would act like a short circuit (0V across it) if it was conducting current.
text: When a diode is conducting current
text: Diodes do consume some amount of power when conducting forward current, and they won't block out all reverse current.
text: So when positive voltage is applied across the anode to the cathode, the diode conducts forward current instantly.
text: Similarly, the diode will conduct current once the flooded electrons and holes reach an equilibrium point, where the number of electrons is equal to the number of holes in the intrinsic region.
text: Any voltage beyond this will cause the diode to break down and conduct current across.
text: However, when the switch is opened, the induced voltage across the inductor of opposite polarity forward biases the diode, and it conducts current, limiting the voltage across the inductor and thus preventing the arc from forming at the switch.
text: The diode conducts current in only one direction, and it is made by joining a p-type semiconducting layer to an n-type semiconducting layer.
text: This is far below the Zener breakdown voltage of the diode and so it will not “break down” and conduct current.
text: For a regular diode, we would say that the diode has failed if it begins to conduct current in that direction.
text: Ideally* a diode would act like a short circuit (0V across it) if it was conducting current.
text: When a diode is conducting current
text: Any voltage away from this will cause the diode to break down & conduct current.
text: Because of the heavy doping, the diode conducts current both in the forward as well as in the reverse direction.
text: The other diodes are reverse biased and conduct no current.
text: The other diodes would be reverse biased and conduct no current.