diode

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diode

(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.

Last updated: 1995-03-14

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  semiconductor diode, junction rectifier, crystal rectifier, rectifying tube, rectifying valve