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    Application of Schotkky Diode

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    Schottky diodes are used in various applications due to their low turn on voltage, fast recovery time, and low power consumption. They are used as switches in fast clamp diode applications and in digital circuits. Some key applications of Schottky diodes include use as radio frequency mixers and detectors due to their high switching speeds, as power rectifiers because of their low forward voltage drop and current density, in power circuits to prevent reverse current flow, in solar cells to prevent battery discharge, and as fast switches in clamp diode applications.

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    Application of Schotkky Diode

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    Schottky diodes are used in various applications due to their low turn on voltage, fast recovery time, and low power consumption. They are used as switches in fast clamp diode applications and in digital circuits. Some key applications of Schottky diodes include use as radio frequency mixers and detectors due to their high switching speeds, as power rectifiers because of their low forward voltage drop and current density, in power circuits to prevent reverse current flow, in solar cells to prevent battery discharge, and as fast switches in clamp diode applications.

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    Schottky diodes are used in various applications due to their low turn on voltage, fast recovery time, and low power consumption. They are used as switches in fast clamp diode applications and in digital circuits. Some key applications of Schottky diodes include use as radio frequency mixers and detectors due to their high switching speeds, as power rectifiers because of their low forward voltage drop and current density, in power circuits to prevent reverse current flow, in solar cells to prevent battery discharge, and as fast switches in clamp diode applications.

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    Schottky diodes are used in various applications due to their low turn on voltage, fast recovery time, and low power consumption. They are used as switches in fast clamp diode applications and in digital circuits. Some key applications of Schottky diodes include use as radio frequency mixers and detectors due to their high switching speeds, as power rectifiers because of their low forward voltage drop and current density, in power circuits to prevent reverse current flow, in solar cells to prevent battery discharge, and as fast switches in clamp diode applications.

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    APPLICATION OF SCHOTKKY DIODE

    Schottky diodes are used as switches in fast-clamp diode applications. The Schottky diode also has
    many uses in digital circuits and are extensively used in Schottky transistor-transistor logic (TTL) digital
    logic gates and circuits due to their higher frequency response, decreased switching times and lower
    power consumption.

    REASON WHY THEY ARE USED:

    Schottky diodes are used for their low turn on voltage, fast recovery time and low-loss energy at
    higher frequencies. These characteristics make Schottky diodes capable of rectifying a current by
    facilitating a quick transistions from conducting to blocking state. Therefore, Schottky diodes are often
    an ideal choice for semiconductor devices in many applications.

    Some of the applications are,

     RADIO FREQUENCY MIXER AND DETECTOR DIODE


     POWER RECTIFIER APPLICATIONS
     POWER OR CIRRCUIT APPLICATIONS
     SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS
     CLAMPER DIODE APPLICATIONS

    Let us discuss them one by one below.

    RADIO FREQUENCY MIXER AND DETECTOR DIODE:

    Schottky diodes have high switching speeds and high frequency capabilities, which make them
    well-equipped for use in radio frequency applications. Additionally, Schottky diodes have various metal-
    semiconductor junction configurations, making these semiconducting devices useful in power detector
    or mixer circuits.

    POWER RECTIFIER APPLICATIONS:

    Schottky diodes are the best semiconductor devices to use in power rectifier applications
    because these devices have both a current density and low forward voltage drop, unlike the
    characteristics of ordinary PN junction devices. These advantages contribute to lower heat levels,
    smaller heat sinks included in that design, and an overall increased efficiency of the electronic system.
    POWER OR CIRCUITS APPLICATIONS:

    Schottky diodes can be used in applications where current in generated by two parallel power
    supplies. The characteristics of a Schottky diode make them well adapted for use in power applications
    because of their low forward voltage drop. The presence of these diodes also prevents reverse current
    flow from one supply entering the another.

    SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS:

    Solar cells are often connected to rechargeable batteries to store energy because the sun is not
    available as an energy source 24 hours a day. SiC Schottky diodes prevent the batteries from discharging
    through the solar cells at night and prevent high performing solar cells from discharging through lower
    performance solar cells.

    CLAMP DIODE APPLICATIONS:

    Schottky diodes are used as switches in fast clamp diode applications. In this application, the base
    junction is forward biased. With Schottky diodes, the turn off time is significantly reduced and the speed
    of the circuit is increased.

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