Tunnel Diode Characteristics Apparatus

Size                                                              12 x 8 x 4

Voltage                                                        220 V

Weight                                                        3 KG APPROX

Tunnel diodes have a heavily doped positive-to-negative (P-N) junction that is about 10 nm (100 Å) wide. The heavy doping results in a broken band gap, where conduction band electron states on the N-side are more or less aligned with valence band hole states on the P-side.