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

Oleg Vladimirovic Losev (May 10, 1903 - January 22, 1942) was a Russian physicist and inventor who made some of the earliest discoveries in the field of semiconductor junctions and the light-emitting ...

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For the first time, researchers in China have demonstrated a high-temperature superconducting diode effect, which allows a supercurrent to flow in both directions. Published in Nature Physics, the ...

Abstract: This work presents a comprehensive investigation of one of the most significant analog circuit blocks in use today: the rectifier, particularly in applications involving extremely low ...

Electricity doesn’t just flow freely in every direction—it needs control. That control comes from a tiny but powerful component: the diode. In this video, you’ll learn how diodes work, why they allow ...