A diode is a semiconductor device that allows electrical current to flow in one direction while blocking it in the other.

Diodes today are solid-state devices, but in the beginning of the electronics age, they were crystals, as it was the German physicist Ferdinand Braun who first discovered in 1874 that crystals had ...

One of the most common parts and one of the earliest electronic devices is known to be a power diode. Its purpose is to limit the electric current’s ability to flow in one direction while obstructing ...

The polarity markings on LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) seem to be a common cause of confusion. The polarity may be indicated by a flat section on one side of the body or by one lead being shorter than ...

How a Virginia Tech research team constructed its novel thermal diode. Test results of the thermal diode. Electrical engineers are obviously very familiar and comfortable with the basic diode, a ...

Diodes has announced an ideal diode controller for reverse discharge protection. Called DZDH0401DW, it is designed to work with a p-channel mosfet in the high-side rail in systems up to 40V. It might ...

Researchers have developed a new resonant tunneling diode (RTD) with performance beyond the anticipated speed of 5G. David Storm, a research physicist, and Tyler Growden, an electrical engineer, both ...

OLED isn't the end goal, it's just a stopgap. Micro-LED offers the benefits of OLED plus high brightness levels, high ...

Over the past decade, researchers have made many skin-like medical and environmental sensors. But adding stretchable wireless communication circuits to these sensors has been difficult. Those radio ...

Diodes is releasing its automotive-compliant PI2MEQX2505Q, a 1.8V, 2.5Gps MIPI D-PHY ReDriver. Aimed at advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), or camera monitoring systems, it is a signal ...

Diode maker HY Electronic (Cayman) has become a supplier of rectifier diodes used in ICCB (in-cable control box) of power charging facilities for electric vehicles (EVs), according to the company. HY ...