Category: Electronics

Forward Bias The term for the voltage used to control the thickness of the barrier is called BIAS.  When the junction was formed electrons left holes as those electrons crossed the junction to form the barrier. If the bias voltage is placed negative to the N material and positive to the P material, that is […]

Semiconductor Elements The primary materials used in the forming of transistors are classed as Semiconductors. The materials in this category include Silicon, and Germanium. What makes semiconductor atoms unique is that they have four valence (outer shell) electrons. Conductor atoms have less than four and insulator atoms have more than four. The maximum number of […]

Series, Parallel and Series/Parallel are the basic circuit resistance configuration types that you may encounter. The first is the easiest of the three: In a Series circuit resistance configuration. Series Circuit Rules  1.  Total Resistance is the sum of the individual series resistances 2.  Current is the same throughout the series circuit 3.  The Sum […]

The concepts surrounding the structure of the atom are fundamental requirements in the study of electronics. The outer shell of the Atom is referred to as the Valence shell. When the atoms within a material have less than four valence electrons, those electrons can be easily broken free from their parent atom to form current. […]