"junction diode" meaning in All languages combined

See junction diode on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: junction diodes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} junction diode (plural junction diodes)
  1. (physics) A semiconductor rectifying device in which the barrier between the two regions of opposite conductivity (n-type and p-type) type produces the rectification. All solar cells are junction diodes.

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