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--- diode [2006/03/21 19:42] – created smashtv
+++ diode [2016/06/15 08:57] (current) – [MIDIbox related] psykhaze
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-Dual Inline Package. DIPs can be installed either in sockets or permanently soldered into holes extending into the surface of the printed circuit board.
+====== Diode ======
-http://www.avishowtech.com/midibox/photos/dip16.gif
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-http://www.avishowtech.com/midibox/photos/dip16.jpg
+===== Introduction =====
-http://www.avishowtech.com/midibox/photos/dip16c.jpg
+The diode is an electronic component that **allows the passage of current in only one direction**.
+They are solid state semiconductor devices and typically need more than 0.6 volts to operate. In a normal diode, current flows from the positive anode to the negative cathode.
+The germanium point-contact diode, dates from the early days of radio, when the received radio signal was detected by means of a germanium crystal and a fine, pointed wire that rested on it. In modern germanium (or silicon) point-contact diodes, the wire and a tiny crystal plate are mounted inside a small glass tube and connected to two wires that are fused into the ends of the tube.
+Junction-type diodes consist of a junction of two different kinds of semiconductor material. There are literally thousands of different specification diodes. They are usually identified with a number but some are color coded.
+<wrap info>1N4148 Diode do the trick most of the time</wrap>