DIODE


Meaning of DIODE in English

< hardware , electronics > A semiconductor device which conducts electric current run in one direction only. This is the simplest kind of semiconductor device, it has two terminals and a single PN junction. One diode can be used as a half-wave rectifier or four as a full-wave rectifier .

(1995-03-14)

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