semiconductor diode
implementation of a diode using a crystalline piece of semiconductor material with a p–n junction
avalanche diode
diode that is designed to experience avalanche breakdown at a specified reverse bias voltage.
tunnel diode
type of semiconductor diode
flyback diode
diode connected across an inductor used to eliminate flyback (voltage spikes across inductive loads)
light-emitting diode
semiconductor and solid state light source
solar cell
electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect
resonant-tunneling diode
diode with a resonant-tunneling structure
laser diode
semiconductor laser
Gunn diode
form of diode
Josephson diode
superconducting quantum material diode
Shockley diode
four layer semiconductor diode
photodiode
type of photodetector based on a p–n junction
step recovery diode
semiconductor diode
thin film diode
active matrix backplane alternative to thin-film transistor technology
PIN diode
a diode with a wide, undoped intrinsic semiconductor region between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor region