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# A semiconductor is a material that conducts electricity in specific circumstances. Therefore, depending on the conditions under which it is operating, it can act as a conductor or an insulator. Conductors are materials with many free electrons and/or holes that allow electrons to freely pass through it. An insulator has it's electrons firmly bound in it therefore does not allow electrons to pass through it.
# Semiconductor has some properties of a conductor as well as some properties of an insulator. It has a temperature of T0 where it changes from being a conductor to a resistor or vice versa.
# A depleted region is a region where there are no holes and no electrons in a semiconductor, therefore making it a insulator at that condition. [[Image:Diode_Diagram.JPG]]
# A depleted region is a region where there are no holes and no electrons in a semiconductor, therefore making it a insulator at that condition. [[Image:Diode_Diagram.JPG]]
# Bias voltage is the voltage it takes to get the diode to start conducting. Below a certain voltage, the diode will no work even in the forward direction. It is the voltage which allows the electrons and holes to overcome the depleted zone and meet with each other, creating current. Reverse Biased means that the positive end of the battery is connected with the n-type semiconductor and the negative end is connected with the p-type semiconductor. This sucks all the electrons from the n-type region and filled in all the holes in the p-type region, creating a large depleted zone.
# Bias voltage is the voltage it takes to get the diode to start conducting. Below a certain voltage, the diode will no work even in the forward direction. It is the voltage which allows the electrons and holes to overcome the depleted zone and meet with each other, creating current. Reverse Biased means that the positive end of the battery is connected with the n-type semiconductor and the negative end is connected with the p-type semiconductor. This sucks all the electrons from the n-type region and filled in all the holes in the p-type region, creating a large depleted zone.