PN Junction Diode — Study Resources & PYQs
Construction and operation of a PN junction diode.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- Chapter 2: Semiconductor Diode - Neso Academy (Video) — Dedicated playlist for the PN junction diode: unbiased, forward and reverse bias, barrier potential, depletion width, V-I characteristics, effect of temperature, and DC (static) vs AC (dynamic) resis…
- Semiconductor Diode - Neso Academy (Video) — Derives the diode current equation and works a numerical with it. Start here if you can describe the diode but cannot solve problems on it.
- Neso Academy - Analog Electronics: Semiconductor Diode (Chapter 2) (Video) — Chapter 2 of the playlist covers PN junction formation, forward/reverse V-I characteristics, diffusion & transition capacitance, and static/dynamic resistance.
- GeeksforGeeks - PN Junction Diode: Definition, Formation, Characteristics, Applications (Article) — Explains PN junction formation, depletion region, forward/reverse bias V-I characteristics and common applications like rectification.
- PN Junction Diode - theory (Virtual Labs, IIIT Hyderabad) (Article) — Government-funded Virtual Labs page deriving the depletion region, the current-voltage (I-V) relationship, and the depletion and diffusion junction capacitances of a PN junction diode.
- Basic Electronics - Prof. M.B. Patil, IIT Bombay (NPTEL), curated by Class Central (Video) — NPTEL video course whose early weeks work through diode circuits and diode rectifiers in detail, followed by the physics and amplifier circuits of the bipolar junction transistor.
Taught in these subjects
- BASIC ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING — BECT11 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- ELECTRONICS CIRCUITS-I — BECT21 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- BASIC ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING — BECT11 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Fundamentals of Electronics Engineering — BECT22 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Basic Electronics Engineering — ECT1101 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING — ECT1201 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu