Things you can do with diodes
Things you can do with diodesPaying homage to the component we usually don’t think about.Nov 02, 20251541ShareThe diode might be the most neglected component in the electronics curriculum today. Pages upon pages have been written about the mechanics of resistors, capacitors, and inductors; on this blog alone, we covered the components’ fundamental equations, the model of complex impedance, the behavior of R-C filters, and more. As for semiconductors, the diode’s more useful sibling — the transistor — hogs the limelight.The diode is given neither the mathematical rigor of linear circuits nor the red-carpet treatment of the transistor. To the extent that the component is marveled at all, it’s usually in the context of exotic inventions such as the Gunn diode or the tunnel diode…
