What Is a Diode?

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  • This electronics video tutorial provides a basic introduction into diodes. It explains how a diode works and how to perform calculations when it's in series with a resistor.
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  • @jamiechristinem.bernardo.2723
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    a diode is a semiconducting device that allows current to flow in one direction, so this is the electrical symbol of a diode.
    Conventional current will flow in the direction of the arrow. It wont flow in the opposite direction of the arrow, the only way you can make it flow in that direction is if you apply a very high voltage because any insulator can become a conductor if the volatge applied is very very high, there's always a breakdown voltage to an insulator but for practical purposes a diode conducts electricity in one direction. Now keep in mind this is opposite to the electron flow
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  • @duncanlegend5982
    @duncanlegend5982 5 лет назад +20

    Electrons flow from negative to positive?

    • @farjanasharminswarna2450
      @farjanasharminswarna2450 5 лет назад +31

      Yes. Electrons flow from negatively charged area to positively charged area. Therefore, current which is a flow of electron vacancy or hole, flows from positive to negative. If you add a battery to a circuit then current will flow from the positive terminal of the battery towards the negative terminal of the battery through all the other elements in the circuit.
      To ease the confusion, think of heat flow according to thermodynamics. Heat flows from high temperature area to low temperature area. Also if you think of water, it flows towards the area where water is less or the pressure is less.
      Just like that everything in nature flows from it's majority towards it's minority.
      In a negatively charged area, electrons are higher in number. So electron flows from negative to positive.
      Current flows in the opposite direction of electron flow. So, current flows from positive to negative.

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    • @mrbushpilot
      @mrbushpilot 3 года назад

      @@farjanasharminswarna2450 but current IS electron flow isn’t it? I’ve seen it explained that way in several videos

    • @smarkbustersstink3471
      @smarkbustersstink3471 Год назад

      @@mrbushpilot current is electron flow, but it flows in direction opposite to electrons just like positive charges.
      Negative charges flow from negative to positive(lower potential to higher) and positive charges flow vice versa.

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  • @blackstarttv
    @blackstarttv Год назад

    In 11:44, isn't that the diode is OFF because the forward voltage applied across its terminals does not exceed the diode's forward voltage threshold, which is according to the video is 0.7 volts? Please advise.

    • @markermino8292
      @markermino8292 Год назад

      It is on because the source voltage is in negative value, flowing through the cathode (negative terminal) side of the diode. If the negative voltage source is flowing through the anode (positive terminal) then the current wont flow.

  • @yj2jeon
    @yj2jeon 4 месяца назад

    As far as I know, the operating points including the voltage level can change based on the resistance but you assumed that the voltage across the diode was 0.7V. Can you explain why?

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  • @ponchobonjo2008
    @ponchobonjo2008 4 года назад +2

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  • @jamjar342
    @jamjar342 4 года назад

    Thanks

  • @hassatoujallow2285
    @hassatoujallow2285 4 года назад

    Thanks for the video.
    Can you please make a video on transfer function of electrical circuit

  • @nickybutch3
    @nickybutch3 5 лет назад

    great video

  • @danieljurgill1681
    @danieljurgill1681 7 месяцев назад

    How do you get NEGATIVE VOLTAGE ? -7 V ? Do you hook up the negative battery terminal on top and the positive terminal on bottom ?

  • @shivnarayantiwari2418
    @shivnarayantiwari2418 6 лет назад +1

    Tysm .. sir

  • @abelmedina7879
    @abelmedina7879 2 года назад

    So how would we use the diode?

  • @BenjaminK2
    @BenjaminK2 Год назад

    At @6:20 he assumes the voltage across the diode is exactly 0.7V, but there is no reason to assume this! Surely, the diode can have a range of possible voltage values across it, as seen in the diode's Voltage, Current graph @3:30. This variable diode Voltage presumably increases as a result of increasing the source Voltage. In light of this point, how does one then properly calculate the resulting voltages, and current?

  • @rickmarquis1646
    @rickmarquis1646 4 года назад

    In my solar panel my schoty diodes are with the negative terminal of the diode toward the positive, but in your circuit are the opposite, i can't guess why, i will study this tonight?

  • @Tonypraise-z2l
    @Tonypraise-z2l Год назад

    Thanks a lot sir

  • @evwerenisaacoghenenyerhovw232
    @evwerenisaacoghenenyerhovw232 9 месяцев назад

    Sir please I need video on 3 phase and Delta calculation sir.... Calculation involving load current, phase current, KVA, kw etc

  • @phillipphiri5162
    @phillipphiri5162 5 лет назад

    Please do explain on transistors also.
    Am having problems...please

  • @youssefrefaat1594
    @youssefrefaat1594 6 лет назад +8

    Hey, I think you made a mistake. Electric components in the electric circuits never consume power unless they have internal resistance. Since you provided that the diode has a voltage of .7 volts, this means it is ideal one so it has no resistance and, thus, consumes no power

    • @JordanEdmundsEECS
      @JordanEdmundsEECS 6 лет назад +5

      Any electrical component with a positive voltage across it and a positive current flowing into the positive terminal consumes power. The idea of "resistance" is only a linear approximation to much more complex phenomena, such as what happens in a diode. The only power equation that always applies is P =V*I

    • @felixcat4346
      @felixcat4346 6 лет назад +2

      If there is a voltage drop of .7 volts across the diode it must be consuming current when it's in the forward bias mode. Its simple ohm's law.

    • @bestbronzena4918
      @bestbronzena4918 5 лет назад +1

      You cannot guarantee the voltage across the diode will always be 0.7 V can you? It depends on other resistors in the circuit

    • @user-wc6pp4mi6t
      @user-wc6pp4mi6t 3 года назад

      @@bestbronzena4918 no, it’s always .7 with a diode

    • @smarkbustersstink3471
      @smarkbustersstink3471 Год назад

      @@user-wc6pp4mi6t i think its just for Silicon.
      Germanium has like 1.4V

  • @antcity4754
    @antcity4754 Год назад

    Tq😊

  • @chriswilliams210
    @chriswilliams210 5 лет назад

    Conventional Current Flows from the Cathode to the Anode against the Arrow.

  • @grenouillesscent
    @grenouillesscent Год назад

    I dont unerstand why the naming is different compared to a battery. I thought the anode of a battery was the negatively charged terminal that has excess electrons, so why would the anode of a diode be the electron deficient part that contains holes, its just confusing. I was just reading somehting and had a thought: Is the anode of a battery actually initially positively charged, becoming negatively charged only when the chemical reaction happens within the battery and the resulting free electrons are attracted towards it?

  • @denisethorbjornsen7493
    @denisethorbjornsen7493 3 года назад

    to correct a wrong is more nobel than covering it up.

  • @حيدرالشمري-ت7ض
    @حيدرالشمري-ت7ض 5 лет назад

    Helpful

  • @aselim20.
    @aselim20. 2 года назад

    I watched it

  • @mangosushii_.
    @mangosushii_. 2 года назад

    Hi. I have a doubt on a dicode question to ask Are you able to help

  • @ounie6230
    @ounie6230 2 года назад

    Is it optional that a diode would be on if the voltage flowing across the diode is exactly 0.7?
    What would happen if the voltage is less or more than 0.7?

    • @muhiddenmisbak1013
      @muhiddenmisbak1013 2 года назад

      If the voltage supplied across the diode is less than the diode voltage, then the diode won't "Turn On". Otherwise, the the voltage supplied across the diode exceeds the diode voltage, then the diode will "Turn On".

  • @BenjaminPoiya
    @BenjaminPoiya 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks🎉

  • @danielmatter2958
    @danielmatter2958 5 лет назад +1

    Probably a dumb question but in the 3rd example of 0V (low) going to -7(high) the diode would have a voltage drop of 0.7 volts but you have 0V passing the diode so even if the circuit is on, no current would flow because you don't have the voltage strength to pass the diode. Can someone explain what I'm clearly missing? I'm probably just dumb. lol

    • @ahmedbelal7370
      @ahmedbelal7370 5 лет назад +5

      The 0V in the 3rd example is the high potential and the -7V is the low potential, so the potential difference is 0-(-7) = 7V which is more than the voltage drop in the diode (0.7V), so current will flow in the direction shown in the video.

    • @danielmatter2958
      @danielmatter2958 5 лет назад +1

      @@ahmedbelal7370 that makes sense thanks !

  • @OlaisaacGodspower
    @OlaisaacGodspower 10 месяцев назад

    Does diode block the flow of electrons as it does to current in flowing in one direction, since electrons flow in opposition with current. I.e diode allow current flow in one direction, block it in opposite direction, while electrons flow in opposite direction, will the electron b blocked hence it's flowing in the direction diode is blocking. Reply pls.

  • @rickmarquis1646
    @rickmarquis1646 4 года назад

    Now i got they are reverse biased to impede current through poitive and negative and let i flows to the cables.

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    @AkromOmonov-h5o 14 дней назад

    Hi,why the number of electrodes in avalanche diodes is 4?

  • @cin2110
    @cin2110 3 года назад

    That current placement is wrong there 07:17 that current is the current that passed the resistor not the initial current