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    This document discusses different types of diodes including current regulator diodes, Schottky diodes, and step-recovery diodes. Current regulator diodes maintain a constant current even when the voltage changes. Schottky diodes have a lower voltage drop than standard silicon diodes, allowing for higher switching speeds and better efficiency. Step-recovery diodes switch from forward to reverse bias very abruptly due to optimized charge removal, enabling fast switching pulses or harmonic generation.

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    This document discusses different types of diodes including current regulator diodes, Schottky diodes, and step-recovery diodes. Current regulator diodes maintain a constant current even when the voltage changes. Schottky diodes have a lower voltage drop than standard silicon diodes, allowing for higher switching speeds and better efficiency. Step-recovery diodes switch from forward to reverse bias very abruptly due to optimized charge removal, enabling fast switching pulses or harmonic generation.

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    This document discusses different types of diodes including current regulator diodes, Schottky diodes, and step-recovery diodes. Current regulator diodes maintain a constant current even when the voltage changes. Schottky diodes have a lower voltage drop than standard silicon diodes, allowing for higher switching speeds and better efficiency. Step-recovery diodes switch from forward to reverse bias very abruptly due to optimized charge removal, enabling fast switching pulses or harmonic generation.

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    This document discusses different types of diodes including current regulator diodes, Schottky diodes, and step-recovery diodes. Current regulator diodes maintain a constant current even when the voltage changes. Schottky diodes have a lower voltage drop than standard silicon diodes, allowing for higher switching speeds and better efficiency. Step-recovery diodes switch from forward to reverse bias very abruptly due to optimized charge removal, enabling fast switching pulses or harmonic generation.

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    Current Regulator

    Diodes
    also called as
    Constant current diode
    CLD or current limiting diode,
    constant-current diode,
    diode-connected transistor
    current-regulating diode

    By: Ben L. Barrientos


    They allow a current
    through them to rise
    to a certain value,
    and then level off at
    a specific value.

    Unlike Zener diodes,


    these diodes instead
    of keeping the
    voltage constant,
    keeps the current
    constant.

    These devices keeps


    the current flowing
    through them
    unchanged when the
    voltage changes.
    Schottky
    Diode

    Hot-carrier Diodes
    A Schottky diode is a special type of diode with
    a very low voltage drop.

    When current flows through a diode there is a


    small voltage drop across the diode terminals.

    A normal silicon diode has between 0.6–1.7


    volt drops, while a Schottky diode voltage drop
    is between approximately 0.15–0.45 volts.

    This lower voltage drop can provide higher


    switching speed and better system efficiency.
    Lightly doped Heavily doped
    (conduction-band
    electrons)

    It is not a typical diode in that it does


    not have a p-n junction. Instead, it
    consists of a lightly-doped n-material
    and heavily-doped (conduction-band
    electrons) metal bounded together.
    step-recovery
    diode
    The step-recovery diode is also used for
    fast switching applications.
    This is achieved by reduced doping near
    the junction. The diode recovers very
    quickly, making it useful in high-frequency
    (VHF) applications.
    When diodes are switched from forward
    bias to reverse bias, the diode still conducts
    for a short time, since some charge is left in
    the device.
    Normal diodes remove this leftover
    charge very slowly, and the conductance of the
    diode also changes slowly.
    SRDs are optimized so that the charge
    removal period ends very abruptly, and
    consequently the reverse conduction stops very
    abruptly.
    This abrupt change can be used to create
    very fast switching pulses, or to generate
    harmonics of the switching signal.
    summary
     The zener diode operates in reverse breakdown.
     A zener diode maintains a nearly constant voltage across its
    terminals over a specified range of currents.
    Varactor diodes are specifically variable capacitance
     Light emitting diodes (LED) emit either infrared or visible light
    when forward-biased.
     Photodiodes exhibit an increase in reverse current with light
    intensity.
     The laser diode emits a monochromatic light
    PIN diodes involves microwave attenuation and switching
     Current Regulator diodes allow current flowing through them unchanged
    when the voltage changes
    Schottky diodes provides a high speed switching and better system
    efficiency.
    SRDs are optimized so that the charge removal period ends
    very abruptly, and consequently the reverse conduction stops
    very abruptly.

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