Electrical Eng. Terms: Reverse Saturation, Diode Voltage, Charge, Constants, Quizzes of Basic Electronics

Definitions for various terms related to electrical engineering, including reverse saturation current, voltage applied to diode, electronic charge, boltzmann's constant, absolute temperature, nonideality factor, and thermal voltage. It also explains the relationship between thermal voltage and boltzmann's constant and electronic charge.

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2010/2011

Uploaded on 09/17/2011

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TERM 1
Is
DEFINITION 1
reverse saturation current (A)
TERM 2
V_D
DEFINITION 2
Voltage applied to diode (V)
TERM 3
q
DEFINITION 3
Electronic charge (1.60 * 10^-19 C)
TERM 4
k
DEFINITION 4
Boltzmann's constant (1.38 * 10^-23 J/K)
TERM 5
T
DEFINITION 5
Absolute temperature (kelvin)
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TERM 1

Is

DEFINITION 1

reverse saturation current (A)

TERM 2

V_D

DEFINITION 2

Voltage applied to diode (V)

TERM 3

q

DEFINITION 3

Electronic charge (1.60 * 10^-19 C)

TERM 4

k

DEFINITION 4

Boltzmann's constant (1.38 * 10^-23 J/K)

TERM 5

T

DEFINITION 5

Absolute temperature (kelvin)

TERM 6

n

DEFINITION 6

nonideality factor (dimensionless)

TERM 7

V_T

DEFINITION 7

thermal voltage (V) = kT/q

TERM 8

V_T also equals?

DEFINITION 8

k * T / q