Examination of Tunnel, Gunn, Impat diodes and other nonlinear semiconductor devices, including NERFETs, Varistors & other 3-terminal devices. Materials, physics, and applications are covered ...

A thermal diode is a two-terminal nonlinear device that rectifies energy carriers (for example, photons, phonons and electrons) in the thermal domain, the heat transfer analogue to the familiar ...

Physicists have known for some time that it is possible to make diode-like devices for electromagnetic waves. The mathematics of electromagnetic wave propagation suggests that certain types of ...

Gunn and impact ionization avalanche transit time (IMPATT) diodes are used in millimeter wavelengths (see “Use Nonlinear Devices As Linchpins To Next-Generation Design,” again).

A reconfigurable device that can be a p-n diode, a MosFET or a BJT has been made by researchers at SUNY-Polytechnic Institute in Albany, New York. “We can form a single device that can perform the ...

"Creating and characterizing the world's smallest diode is a significant milestone in the development of molecular electronic devices," said Dr. Yonatan Dubi, a researcher in the BGU Department of ...

A team has developed a more energy-efficient, tunable superconducting diode -- a promising component for future electronic devices -- that could help scale up quantum computers for industry and ...

This device harnesses the cold night sky to generate electricity in the dark A prototype powered a small light-emitting diode in a trial run ...