The four-layer diode was the key to William Shockley's plan to revolutionize AT&T's phone system. It was a great device in theory, but not in practice -- at least not at the time when Shockley ...

Ideal diode equation, Long- and short-base diodes, Recombination and generation in the depletion region, Non-ideal current, Effect of band alignment, and Diffusion and thermionic emission currents. In ...