A bridge of these devices can be used to implement a full-wave rectifier.
The current for these devices can be found as the saturation current times the quantity exponential of voltage over thermal voltage minus one, which is an equation named for William Shockley. Analysis of these devices typically uses the depletion approximation. The operating point of these devices can be graphically determined by overlaying a load line on their I-V characteristic, which features only one curve. A bridge of these devices can be used to implement a full-wave rectifier. A type of these devices intended to work beyond the breakdown voltage is named for Clarence Zener and they are typically operated in either reverse-bias or forward-bias mode. For 10 points, identify these circuit devices that maintain a constant voltage drop, ideally 0.7 volts, when its threshold voltage is exceeded.
The current for these devices can be found as the saturation current times the quantity exponential of voltage over thermal voltage minus one, which is an equation named for William Shockley.
diodes [or pn junctions; or Zener diodes]