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Article #15735Re: need some basic help with DIODES
From: John Paul Morrison
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 01:35
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 01:35
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In article <1ht4krINN9kb@post.its.mcw.edu> kcb@post.its.mcw.edu (Kent C. Brodie) writes:
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>A simple question. Which way does the "band" on a diode go? +/-?
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which way does current in the diode go?
follow the arrow:
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Or alternatively, what does the 'band' look like? Turn it on its side:
the band looks like ------------------------
a big minus sign
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>Kent C. Brodie - Sr. Systems/Network Manager brodie@post.its.mcw.edu
>Information Technology Systems
>Medical College of Wisconsin (414) 257-8769
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!fs1.ee.ubc.ca!jmorriso From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) Subject: Re: need some basic help with DIODES Message-ID: <1993Jan1.013520.4890@ee.ubc.ca> Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering References: <1ht4krINN9kb@post.its.mcw.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 01:35:20 GMT Lines: 41