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- From: kepley@cs.unca.edu (Brad Kepley)
- Subject: Re: need some basic help with DIODES
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.000935.11472@cs.unca.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.unca.edu (Usenet News Adm)
- Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
- References: <1ht4krINN9kb@post.its.mcw.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:09:35 GMT
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- >Which way does the band on a diode go (+/-)?
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- It depends on what it's used for. If it helps any, the band is the
- cathode end and to forward bias the diode you would apply a negative
- (in respect to the other end) voltage to the band end.
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