Diode Capacitances — Study Resources & PYQs
Capacitance effects associated with semiconductor diodes.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- Diode Capacitances and Equivalent Circuits - MRCET notes (PDF) — Search the PDF for 'transition and diffusion capacitances'. It gives both capacitance expressions and the diode equivalent circuits, which the video courses tend to cover only briefly.
- Chapter 2: Semiconductor Diode - Neso Academy (Video) — The diode playlist touches on depletion width and junction behaviour that underlies transition and diffusion capacitance.
- 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.
- BJT lectures - Neso Academy (alternative playlist) (Video) — A second BJT playlist covering the three configurations and the alpha-beta-gamma current relations. Use whichever ordering you find easier to follow.
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