What is a diode?

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  • Опубликовано: 30 авг 2023

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  • @booty_mcscooty
    @booty_mcscooty 10 месяцев назад +2956

    not just any rectifier, that is a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!! electroboom would be proud.

    • @Lifeisfastfast
      @Lifeisfastfast 8 месяцев назад +13

      No comment lemme fix that

    • @Cheezepuffs_
      @Cheezepuffs_ 8 месяцев назад +56

      ​@@Lifeisfastfast🤖

    • @Yazeedoo
      @Yazeedoo 8 месяцев назад +45

      @@Lifeisfastfastdamn bro so when are you graduating kindergarten

    • @nathangaming82075
      @nathangaming82075 8 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@Yazeedoothat's bullsh¡t
      Your being mean

    • @Maxwellthecat1213
      @Maxwellthecat1213 8 месяцев назад +7

      I knew someone was going to say that lol

  • @abusoumaya8469
    @abusoumaya8469 11 месяцев назад +764

    *a full bridge rectifier*

    • @techsynthgaming
      @techsynthgaming 8 месяцев назад +20

      Electro-BOOM

    • @joekickass8943
      @joekickass8943 8 месяцев назад +10

      a full bridge erectifier*

    • @general5104
      @general5104 8 месяцев назад +1

      It's only a full-wave rectifier bridge if there are four diodes.

    • @priyanshuranjansahoo
      @priyanshuranjansahoo 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@general5104you r wrong my dear . It can be a full bridge rectifier or can be a inverter

    • @vladivosdog
      @vladivosdog 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@priyanshuranjansahoo???

  • @electro1163
    @electro1163 9 месяцев назад +489

    I love your water analogies, it’s so much easier to understand the dynamics of water rather than electrons.

    • @alexroberts3944
      @alexroberts3944 8 месяцев назад +21

      The amount of times I've imagined water flowing... Through... A pipe

    • @mtark9988
      @mtark9988 8 месяцев назад +22

      It doesn't at all explain how it works, it just tells what it does

    • @Walter_Wide.
      @Walter_Wide. 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@mtark9988ikr, i dont wanna imagine, i wanna know

    • @azhuransmx126
      @azhuransmx126 8 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@mtark9988how it works like a solid state valve? 🤯.
      Experts explanation to common people: well you know NP junction sex between two types of semiconductors male and female. 🤣

    • @magicbox9371
      @magicbox9371 2 месяца назад +1

      I use water to describe electricity. You have the temperature of water, the quantity of water and the flow of water. Don’t drown.

  • @moaningspot886
    @moaningspot886 11 месяцев назад +917

    Thanks for your very clear and simple explanation of a diode. I studied Electronic Engineering 30 years ago and your explanation is very easy to understand and spot on. I wish we were taught like this back in the day. I look forward to more of your electronic component explanations as it reminds me of the old days. Thanks.

    • @Python-FPV
      @Python-FPV 11 месяцев назад +17

      You must be 120 years old now.

    • @mandarbamane4268
      @mandarbamane4268 10 месяцев назад +8

      It's not that easy lol.
      When diode is forward biased, there's
      - Injection of charge carriers (holes at P side, electrons at N side).
      - Subsequent diffusion (movement of charge carriers due to concentration gradient, i.e. holes move away from P side & towards N side, meanwhile electrons move asay from N side & towards P side)
      - Drift (movement of charge carriers due to electric field)
      - Recombination (because hole cannot carry longer in N side & electrons cannot last longer in P side)
      All above keeps happening.
      When diode is reverse biased,
      - Even when diode is unbiased, naturally holes move from P to N region and electrons move from N to P.
      - This diffusion causes recombination of holes & electrons (thus no charge carriers at junction).
      - Once few carriers are moved, some atoms are ionized & it creates electric field internally (which should be overcome to flow current, that's why diodes have threshold/knee voltage) & Further no diffusion is possible.
      - By reverse bias, this gets even worse (like opposite of carrier injection). Carriers move away from junction & hence depletion width increases even more, hence no way to flow current)

    • @khqlifq
      @khqlifq 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@mandarbamane4268still easy

    • @srinivastech6653
      @srinivastech6653 10 месяцев назад

      Nice explanation

    • @moaningspot886
      @moaningspot886 10 месяцев назад +8

      @@Python-FPV I'm only 100 years old

  • @NavajoNinja
    @NavajoNinja 11 месяцев назад +163

    Whats more interesting is the materials used and how they are 'sandwiched' together to acheive the 'one-way valve'.

    • @Larstig81
      @Larstig81 10 месяцев назад +13

      This is indeed more interesting.

    • @phillyphakename1255
      @phillyphakename1255 9 месяцев назад +21

      And the fact that if you put two valves back to back blocking each direction, you suddenly get a transistor, which allows water to flow completely unrestricted. That's some black magic.

    • @justinsixx90
      @justinsixx90 8 месяцев назад +1

      So the current would come through the middle at the butt joint and flow out the open ends?

    • @Hi-vd8lr
      @Hi-vd8lr 8 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@phillyphakename1255 not really
      You put pressure in the middle and it allows the valves to open
      Think of the valves having an extra mechanism which opens when pressure hits it

    • @alliwishis_2
      @alliwishis_2 8 месяцев назад

      ​@phillyphakename1255
      A transistor is something that is converting something from something by way of induction

  • @stevray98
    @stevray98 8 месяцев назад +118

    My electrical engineering teacher in college always used water analogies to explain theory and it made everything click so well

    • @tbfrstudio5416
      @tbfrstudio5416 8 месяцев назад

      There is even a method to represent a resistance with water

    • @lory12bok99
      @lory12bok99 7 месяцев назад

      @@tbfrstudio5416which one?

    • @lionelhuts875
      @lionelhuts875 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@tbfrstudio5416size of the pipe?

    • @tbfrstudio5416
      @tbfrstudio5416 7 месяцев назад

      @@lionelhuts875 yep it can work too

    • @mitchellharris4040
      @mitchellharris4040 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@tbfrstudio5416a "resistor "?? It limits flow but will also melt down if exceed its upper limit. Very useful component.

  • @zetfex
    @zetfex 5 месяцев назад +4

    *inhales*
    FUUUL BRI-
    Nah not now...

  • @worray
    @worray 8 месяцев назад +21

    I like how I’m in automotive tech class, and rn I’m doing the electronic parts of it, RUclips decides to recommended these to me which help a lot. Thanks for the videos

    • @EngineeringMindset
      @EngineeringMindset  8 месяцев назад +6

      You should definitely check out our automotive engineering videos

    • @worray
      @worray 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@EngineeringMindset I’ll make sure to do that, thank you and for what you do!!

  • @Fr3ddeh
    @Fr3ddeh 8 месяцев назад +5

    I studied engineering and this explanation is so much clearer than what anyone ever taught me. Very nice!

  • @shadowstrider5033
    @shadowstrider5033 8 месяцев назад +16

    Also known as 'THE RECTIFIER!"

    • @PS3PCDJ
      @PS3PCDJ 5 месяцев назад +4

      Not just any rectifier, but a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER

  • @ExtravagantEthan
    @ExtravagantEthan 8 месяцев назад +12

    Seemless loop? Nah, just start the video at a random point before the end

  • @elocrc12341
    @elocrc12341 8 месяцев назад +18

    This is a great series. Not a second wasted.

  • @skull_4890
    @skull_4890 9 месяцев назад +11

    Tysm we need more engineering basics like this pls

  • @alexadams8759
    @alexadams8759 11 месяцев назад +27

    I love these shorts! Keep them coming!!! 🥳🙏🏽

  • @JoeBob79569
    @JoeBob79569 11 месяцев назад +24

    I often wonder if there are other hypothetical electrical components that would be useful but that nobody has thought of, or that we just don't know how to make..
    Or do we know for certain that all the simple components that we _could_ make we have already made?

    • @olawale_o.t.d
      @olawale_o.t.d 11 месяцев назад +9

      Of course there'll be electrical components that we haven't yet discovered their usefulness in electronic circuits... There's a plethora of combinations of elements that haven't been tried in circuits and some with potential are not yet mass produced so the cost still outweighs the benefits...

    • @AbhinavChauhan-nc8hj
      @AbhinavChauhan-nc8hj 8 месяцев назад +2

      One is Memristor,.....and there can be many.
      While studying especially 'Theory of Electrical Elements and Components' in Electrical Engg. you will come to know about many mathematically possible and physically realized systems based on that.

    • @JoeBob79569
      @JoeBob79569 8 месяцев назад

      @@AbhinavChauhan-nc8hj That's fascinating! I never even heard of a memristor. Time to dive down another rabbit-hole..

    • @andrewmays3988
      @andrewmays3988 4 месяца назад

      SUBSCRIBED!!!!!!!🤗

  • @WiIdbiII
    @WiIdbiII 9 месяцев назад +4

    You just told me enough to tell people that the rectifier has a bad diode, and they'll think I'm a genius.

  • @Superguru123
    @Superguru123 10 месяцев назад +8

    Nice explanation . Make it for elements of electronics likes this thanks.

  • @Avalonanon
    @Avalonanon 7 месяцев назад +1

    As a plumber the water analogy made this very easy to understand lol

  • @sourabh_mandlik
    @sourabh_mandlik 8 месяцев назад +1

    People take technology for granted and have no idea how crazy the technology is.

  • @smashingpencils
    @smashingpencils 8 месяцев назад +1

    I’d love to see another video on how it achieves this effect

  • @abdullahfarhan624
    @abdullahfarhan624 9 месяцев назад +11

    Bro explained electronics course in one short

  • @ZonymaUnltd.
    @ZonymaUnltd. 9 месяцев назад +1

    The way you present and display information makes it not only easy to retain, but also explain to somebody else, therefore strengthening one’s understanding.

  • @edopronk1303
    @edopronk1303 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great explanation videos.
    In the transistor one you explained how it works directly. How does it work with a diode?

  • @hexatyle9563
    @hexatyle9563 8 месяцев назад +1

    Bro, after all this years I finally understood the purpose of a bridge rectifier, this is so cool!

    • @markme4
      @markme4 8 месяцев назад

      If only you had googled bridge rectifier years ago! 😆

  • @sallom531
    @sallom531 8 месяцев назад +1

    this is the best explanation that i have ever seen

  • @tracybowling1156
    @tracybowling1156 8 месяцев назад +1

    Your shorts are amazing! I would love to understand electricity better. These shorts have helped me immensely. I'm going to start on the full-length videos next!

  • @anshumankumar874
    @anshumankumar874 5 месяцев назад

    As an Electronics Engineer, i can confirm this is the best video explanation of Diodes!🙌

  • @aiham_awd
    @aiham_awd 4 месяца назад

    Bro explained the stuff my professor couldn’t make me understand in 6 weeks

  • @The-Untitled-One
    @The-Untitled-One 8 месяцев назад +1

    Do you know how EDUCATIONAL your videos are? Im HOOKED. ❤

  • @cocobob6025
    @cocobob6025 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you i hope i get recommended more of these they’re so clear to understand

  • @garretreed9709
    @garretreed9709 29 дней назад +1

    Curious to know when that would come in handy? Scenarios. This was insightful

  • @ettahelene7391
    @ettahelene7391 11 месяцев назад +4

    please for the explanation of how a zener diode works

  • @zayskyprogramming
    @zayskyprogramming 8 месяцев назад +1

    Day 2,593: *’im starting to think there’s a loop here…’*

    • @ensiehsafary7633
      @ensiehsafary7633 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah that's the best loop I have ever seen in my life

  • @ravindrapuntambekar7885
    @ravindrapuntambekar7885 7 месяцев назад

    We had one subject of Electronics in our Mechanical engineering in the 2nd year. But never had I understood this way. Thanks

  • @basselh418
    @basselh418 8 месяцев назад +1

    Keep em coming them shorts

  • @hugegamer5988
    @hugegamer5988 8 месяцев назад +1

    The swing gate has a stiff spring holding it closed, just a little pressure can’t overcome it and flow but increase the pressure and it can overcome the spring though there is a drop in pressure. That is the forward voltage drop of the diode.

  • @lovemanu00
    @lovemanu00 8 месяцев назад

    Thx to make us understand complex Science concepts in simple language😊

  • @lamarr2k
    @lamarr2k 4 месяца назад

    This is the Best quick explanation online period!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @roz1
    @roz1 9 месяцев назад

    This is the best channel to learn electronics basics.... Kudos😊

  • @kc8203
    @kc8203 8 месяцев назад

    I spent years working with electronics in the building controls industry and never has anyone provided such a clear description of a diode.

  • @kaidenrogers
    @kaidenrogers 5 месяцев назад

    I'd still watch this if the video start at the actual start

  • @GVvoltaire
    @GVvoltaire 7 месяцев назад

    You were not teaching you were showing how things work that was fascinating.
    I love to learn new things especially electronics.

  • @DJCRCKDOWN
    @DJCRCKDOWN 8 месяцев назад +1

    Diodes are used for diatortion n overdrive in audio gear too

  • @distroguidetv
    @distroguidetv 11 месяцев назад +105

    the perfect loop doesn't exi-

    • @Itsdirtnaptime
      @Itsdirtnaptime 11 месяцев назад +16

      Maybe it is just me, but it seems the end, is at the beginning. 😂😂

    • @GodlyNoghri
      @GodlyNoghri 11 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@Itsdirtnaptimeit's not just you >.< it was almost a great video, albeit extremely basic

    • @robinHobin
      @robinHobin 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@ItsdirtnaptimeIt’s to keep you in an endless loop of watching the RUclips shot
      Idk why people do this tho cause I don’t think I give and extra view
      Unless I’m wrong and it does give extra views….

    • @beanapprentice1687
      @beanapprentice1687 10 месяцев назад

      It’s not a loop.

    • @razer192
      @razer192 10 месяцев назад

      You can also get diodes that reduces voltage as well as only letting current flow one way

  • @451error8
    @451error8 8 месяцев назад

    I feel like all of these electrical engineering videos end with "if you push it too far, it explodes :)"

  • @jdjsjsjswhoevsicpsu6953
    @jdjsjsjswhoevsicpsu6953 6 месяцев назад

    A diode is basically an electrical check valve

  • @Cheka__
    @Cheka__ 5 месяцев назад

    So basically it's like a one-way valve for electrical current. It only allows current to flow in one direction.

  • @aaryangotad335
    @aaryangotad335 8 месяцев назад

    You explained the concept my teachers took days to explain

  • @sam11182
    @sam11182 5 месяцев назад +1

    very recently a HUUGE power surge happened to the house. It keeps happening. The 52" TV died. Just about to purchase new replacement guts for it But I purchasd an inexpensive UPS (uninteruptible power supply. basically a power strip with a battery). Everything on the 52" TV came back to life! The rectifier system made everything work! Diodes are amazing

  • @rishikrishna8351
    @rishikrishna8351 5 месяцев назад

    Only if we have teachers like him, we'll stand on top

  • @mr.challenge8157
    @mr.challenge8157 9 месяцев назад +12

    when you realize that 2 diodes can make a transistor

    • @foogod4237
      @foogod4237 8 месяцев назад +4

      Well, yes and no.. A transistor isn't really a "diode plus diode" as much as it's a "diodediode" (or really more of a "diodeedoid", I guess?). It only works if all of the component pieces are right next to each other in a single piece of silicon (and are the right sizes and have specific contact areas, etc), so you can't just take two diodes like these and wire them together and get a transistor (unfortunately).

    • @AliAhmed-cq6dv
      @AliAhmed-cq6dv 8 месяцев назад

      that is a little misleading but, in terms of water pipes you can still think of transistor as a manual valve instead of a swing valve by placing two valves (like the one in the short) opposite to each other but they would have to be operated manually by pulling the gates with some sort of handle or rope. but just putting two of these at a distance with out any type of control over their gates, wouldn't really work or pass any water.

    • @Hi-vd8lr
      @Hi-vd8lr 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@AliAhmed-cq6dv except that the rope should be replaced with a water mechanism because transistor require electricity in middle pin
      And weird stuff can happen if you wire it up wrong

  • @matheen8
    @matheen8 11 месяцев назад +1

    Lovely explanation 😊

  • @JohnBarrow1961
    @JohnBarrow1961 4 месяца назад

    Diodes/rectifiers are used prominently in the field of cathodic protection, to protect pipelines, underground storage tanks, etc., from corrosion. This was my career for 32 years. Most people have no idea what it is.

  • @georgenewsome1757
    @georgenewsome1757 10 месяцев назад +1

    You are amazing man, you have really helped me to learn on the go at work.

  • @BigEightiesNewWave
    @BigEightiesNewWave 4 месяца назад

    Unless it is a Zener Diode.Zener diodes are primarily used for voltage regulation, voltage clamping, and protection against voltage spikes or transients in circuits. They maintain a stable voltage across their terminals, even when the current varies.

  • @WookofWallstreet
    @WookofWallstreet 9 месяцев назад +1

    Love these videos

  • @DioBrando-xo7zd
    @DioBrando-xo7zd 8 месяцев назад

    Explained in 1 minute better then teacher in 5 classes

  • @mrdarbab
    @mrdarbab 6 месяцев назад

    one of the first concepts I learnt. that and the wheatstone bridge.

  • @random-gc7dc
    @random-gc7dc 7 месяцев назад

    Simple and crisp explaination ❤👏👏

  • @disabledinfernotower2170
    @disabledinfernotower2170 8 месяцев назад

    That loop was really smooth

  • @kjward1975
    @kjward1975 4 месяца назад

    As an electrician, very well explained.

  • @karthikvijayakumar2827
    @karthikvijayakumar2827 9 месяцев назад +1

    I wish you could have been my physics teacher.. awesome videos..keep it up

  • @foundinscriptureorg
    @foundinscriptureorg 8 месяцев назад

    Awesomeness, super simple explanation!

  • @bertsmeets8644
    @bertsmeets8644 8 месяцев назад

    Your explanation is so good

  • @deiu9999
    @deiu9999 11 месяцев назад +1

    Some professors are obsessed with formulas, graphs but this is of no use if the student does not even understand the working principle. Start there, explain for even a child to understand and this way you make the student curious what stands behind the scenes (formulas, graphs etc...)

  • @BiffTannen1983
    @BiffTannen1983 6 месяцев назад

    I did electroplating, using electrolysis, and we used rectifies, but they were MASSIVE, and a bit more complex, if I remember correctly.

  • @AlaaAreesPhoenix
    @AlaaAreesPhoenix 6 месяцев назад

    that's a whole new level of loops in YT shorts lol

  • @selurxelpirt
    @selurxelpirt 3 месяца назад

    “it will break if we exceed its limits” aka it becomes a fuse. thats why LED christmas lights don’t need a fuse for every bulb like in the 90’s, they’re their own fuses

  • @shirinkamal788
    @shirinkamal788 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your content

  • @brandonfarfan1978
    @brandonfarfan1978 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the explanation on diodes.👍😄

  • @rahuldev2533
    @rahuldev2533 8 месяцев назад

    Shorts are good to remind what diode is, I am seeing diode after 4 years

  • @nathanc6443
    @nathanc6443 4 месяца назад

    Finally a tutorial for diode in the game mindustry i was so confuse what it is

  • @aaACEa
    @aaACEa 8 месяцев назад

    Simply apt and precise description 👌.

  • @ThePolskikitty
    @ThePolskikitty 5 месяцев назад +1

    If you apply way more voltage than in the start of a video you will create not a normal diode, but a Light Emitting Diode!

  • @gisellealexandrabrugeselle1485
    @gisellealexandrabrugeselle1485 9 месяцев назад +1

    Diodes make circuits look like tap water flow

  • @brgautam2054
    @brgautam2054 12 дней назад

    would you please make vidios of other components one by one. This video is very informative..

  • @starlordpro2077
    @starlordpro2077 8 месяцев назад

    ahhh thanks for explaining.. never understoo what a diode really was and was always wondering how i could make a closed circuit board if i couldn't make sure how to prevent electricity from flowing back to the components.. like flash capacitors..

  • @abduahmad4167
    @abduahmad4167 6 месяцев назад

    Good presentation,found it a useful refresher for my basic,hope you will give highlight about MOSFET and other electronic devices

    • @EngineeringMindset
      @EngineeringMindset  5 месяцев назад

      See my new MOSFET explained video here➡️: ruclips.net/video/AwRJsze_9m4/видео.html

  • @predamarian-marius3477
    @predamarian-marius3477 7 месяцев назад

    interesting! many videos like this please!

  • @Jatin_028
    @Jatin_028 8 месяцев назад

    Nice video full explained
    😊

  • @SuperMaverick4u
    @SuperMaverick4u 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you for this... Now i know what diode use for. Is just like when a DC battery accidentally puts a wrong polarity and that diode protects all component

  • @hammerfacejc
    @hammerfacejc 7 месяцев назад

    These videos are amazingly useful please dont stop, * instant subscribe

  • @wiz4rdx440
    @wiz4rdx440 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the explanation ❤

  • @niitettey2091
    @niitettey2091 7 месяцев назад

    Very good explanation 👍🏾

  • @KofaOne
    @KofaOne 8 месяцев назад +1

    Guy cut his short at the wrong time lol

  • @yixo
    @yixo 4 месяца назад +1

    So you just add a fuse so you don't blow the diode?

  • @daniildekterev5821
    @daniildekterev5821 7 месяцев назад

    "Yoo, it's windy-"

  • @DEATHWISHVQ
    @DEATHWISHVQ 7 месяцев назад

    I learned more here than 4 years

  • @abeyroy007
    @abeyroy007 8 месяцев назад

    A Fookin full bridge rectifier that I studied last year 👀

  • @noahautumn7611
    @noahautumn7611 4 месяца назад

    Good explanation 👌

  • @cmunee8935
    @cmunee8935 8 месяцев назад

    Can you explain the interior design of these like you did the resistor? Seeing how the interior looped and how making more loop increases the distance really helped solidify its functionality in my mind.

  • @the_real_fiz2zy
    @the_real_fiz2zy 5 месяцев назад

    Like a diode, this video has led me on a one-way trip straight to your channel and straight to the subscribe button :)

  • @SnipingIsAGoodJobMate
    @SnipingIsAGoodJobMate 4 месяца назад

    I used to break these for fun when I was younger

  • @ZafarMuhammadMuzafarNiaz
    @ZafarMuhammadMuzafarNiaz 8 месяцев назад

    Excellent explained

  • @ERGO288
    @ERGO288 6 месяцев назад

    😳😳 That Loop Though

  • @JOHNTOPG
    @JOHNTOPG 8 месяцев назад

    How the hell did we ever figure this shit out.... so fast ?!

  • @user-gj6tr9wr1y
    @user-gj6tr9wr1y 6 месяцев назад

    شرح في منتهى الروعه والوضوح ، شكراً لك

  • @aminproduct
    @aminproduct 8 месяцев назад

    You explain Better then my physics teacher.😊

  • @cibulis5347
    @cibulis5347 8 месяцев назад

    As a arduino newbie this channel is amazing

  • @The_ElonMusk
    @The_ElonMusk 4 месяца назад

    No, it’s called “THE FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER”