The lowly diode, a device with only two leads, can nonetheless do many things. Diodes can detect, rectify, suppress, emit light, detect light, change capacitance, emit microwaves and more.

Diodes also have many other functions in which they are not designed to operate in this on-off manner. Early diodes included “cat’s whisker” crystals and vacuum tube devices (also called ...

the term “thermal diode” refers to an electrical diode that’s used as a basic temperature sensor, which a very different function.) Now, a team led by Jonathan Boreyko, associate professor ...

Infineon Technologies AG recently launched a 6.5 kV power module that features IGBT and freewheeling diode functionality integrated into a single chip. Infineon Technologies AG recently launched ...

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) has launched a 6.5 kV power module that features IGBT and freewheeling diode functionality integrated into a single chip. This new RCDC (Reverse ...