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  • The Shockley Diode Features & Operation

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    John Mulindi
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    The Shockey diode is a four layer sandwich of PNPN semiconductor material very similar to the SCR but without a gate as illustrated in the Figure 1.0 below: The Operation of Shockley Diode A Shockley diode can be turned ON by applying enough voltage between anode and cathode. This voltage will cause one of the…