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American Heritage<br />

WHAT IS DIODE?<br />

“An electronic device that restricts current flow chiefly to one direction”<br />

Webster’s<br />

“A rectifier that consists of a semiconducting crystal with two terminals and that is<br />

analogous in use to an electron tube diode.”<br />

Inconsistent devices:<br />

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New IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms<br />

V f<br />

TUNNEL DIODE<br />

“A semiconductor device having two terminals and exhibiting a nonlinear voltagecurrent<br />

characteristics”<br />

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GUNN DIODE<br />

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15/39 K. Ng

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