A better question is whats a diode, and what lazy mother fucker came up with that name?
A better question is whats a diode, and what lazy mother fucker came up with that name?
This applies to all semiconductors: they are essentially quantum devices.
This applies to all semiconductors: they are essentially quantum devices.
From extrapolation of the generic 'electrode' and there being only two in this device, the anode and cathode, and the common practice at the time of referring to vacuum tubes by the number of active electrical elements they contained -- e.g., triode, pentode, etc...
From extrapolation of the generic 'electrode' and there being only two in this device, the anode and cathode, and the common practice at the time of referring to vacuum tubes by the number of active electrical elements they contained -- e.g., triode, pentode, etc...
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