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Hello friends in today's video I will explain the difference between silicon diode and Schottky diode.
A standard silicon PN diode, as its name implies, a semiconductor electronic device which has two layers of oppositely charged semiconductor materials namely P types and N type semiconductors.
These two semiconductor layers are joined together to form a PN junction. Therefore, a PN junction diode has two terminals namely anode and cathode.
A Schottky diode is a special purpose diode that uses metal to semiconductor junction for rectification applications instead of PN junction.
The semiconductor is usually silicon and metal. Thus, in a Schottky diode, we obtain an metal silicon junction. Basically, the Schottky diode is a power diode, it has higher voltage and current ratings as compared to an ordinary silicon diode.
The Schottky diodes are used in switching power supplies and high frequency instrumentation.
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