The lowly diode, a device with only two leads, can nonetheless do many things. Diodes can detect, rectify, suppress, emit light, detect light, change capacitance, emit microwaves and more. This wid… ...

We have all had difficulty testing diodes in-circuit. Most DMM’s have a diode Vf function that measures forward drop, but what is the normal voltage drop?

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) has launched a 6.5 kV power module that features IGBT and freewheeling diode functionality integrated into a single chip.

While these functions are similar to typical hot swap functions of inrush and fault protection, they are distinctly different in their position and operation. Originally, semiconductor diodes ...

Although a resistor is a linear current sensor, it can't function as an emitter load in this application because of the variation in the dc portion of the emitter current. The wide range of ...

Infineon Technologies AG recently launched a 6.5 kV power module that features IGBT and freewheeling diode functionality integrated into a single chip.