@@mtark9988how it works like a solid state valve? 🤯. Experts explanation to common people: well you know NP junction sex between two types of semiconductors male and female. 🤣
Thanks for your very clear and simple explanation of a diode. I studied Electronic Engineering 30 years ago and your explanation is very easy to understand and spot on. I wish we were taught like this back in the day. I look forward to more of your electronic component explanations as it reminds me of the old days. Thanks.
It's not that easy lol. When diode is forward biased, there's - Injection of charge carriers (holes at P side, electrons at N side). - Subsequent diffusion (movement of charge carriers due to concentration gradient, i.e. holes move away from P side & towards N side, meanwhile electrons move asay from N side & towards P side) - Drift (movement of charge carriers due to electric field) - Recombination (because hole cannot carry longer in N side & electrons cannot last longer in P side) All above keeps happening. When diode is reverse biased, - Even when diode is unbiased, naturally holes move from P to N region and electrons move from N to P. - This diffusion causes recombination of holes & electrons (thus no charge carriers at junction). - Once few carriers are moved, some atoms are ionized & it creates electric field internally (which should be overcome to flow current, that's why diodes have threshold/knee voltage) & Further no diffusion is possible. - By reverse bias, this gets even worse (like opposite of carrier injection). Carriers move away from junction & hence depletion width increases even more, hence no way to flow current)
And the fact that if you put two valves back to back blocking each direction, you suddenly get a transistor, which allows water to flow completely unrestricted. That's some black magic.
@@phillyphakename1255 not really You put pressure in the middle and it allows the valves to open Think of the valves having an extra mechanism which opens when pressure hits it
I like how I’m in automotive tech class, and rn I’m doing the electronic parts of it, TH-cam decides to recommended these to me which help a lot. Thanks for the videos
I've spent my career in industrial electronics. I've seen some very big diodes! A "hockey puck" diode which passes 1200 amps is compressed between two water cooled heat sinks.
Unless it is a Zener Diode.Zener diodes are primarily used for voltage regulation, voltage clamping, and protection against voltage spikes or transients in circuits. They maintain a stable voltage across their terminals, even when the current varies.
The way you present and display information makes it not only easy to retain, but also explain to somebody else, therefore strengthening one’s understanding.
This channel is awesome, i dont know why but my brain just can’t handle elctronic knowledge and this channel is what i looking for a very very long time
Diodes/rectifiers are used prominently in the field of cathodic protection, to protect pipelines, underground storage tanks, etc., from corrosion. This was my career for 32 years. Most people have no idea what it is.
Your shorts are amazing! I would love to understand electricity better. These shorts have helped me immensely. I'm going to start on the full-length videos next!
If a reverse voltage is applied to the diode, it blocks. This changes the capacity at the blocked area (capacitance diode). But if the maximum voltage is exceeded, then the diode also conducts reverse flow. (Zener diode). This can then destroy the diode.
I often wonder if there are other hypothetical electrical components that would be useful but that nobody has thought of, or that we just don't know how to make.. Or do we know for certain that all the simple components that we _could_ make we have already made?
Of course there'll be electrical components that we haven't yet discovered their usefulness in electronic circuits... There's a plethora of combinations of elements that haven't been tried in circuits and some with potential are not yet mass produced so the cost still outweighs the benefits...
One is Memristor,.....and there can be many. While studying especially 'Theory of Electrical Elements and Components' in Electrical Engg. you will come to know about many mathematically possible and physically realized systems based on that.
“it will break if we exceed its limits” aka it becomes a fuse. thats why LED christmas lights don’t need a fuse for every bulb like in the 90’s, they’re their own fuses
Diodes are fantastic, i tried to "make" them in Minecraft and in computer logic and are absolutely fantastic as how theire useful, well not were i recreated them, but in the projects i made, it makes a project a bit more expansive, but its a chad component 9/10
The swing gate has a stiff spring holding it closed, just a little pressure can’t overcome it and flow but increase the pressure and it can overcome the spring though there is a drop in pressure. That is the forward voltage drop of the diode.
Thank you for this... Now i know what diode use for. Is just like when a DC battery accidentally puts a wrong polarity and that diode protects all component
Interesting analogy to Water. What if we were to use Rectifier Water Valves to cause Ocean waves or tides to force woter flow into a pipe in one direction? Perhaps in Holland to drive the pumps that keep holland dry. Of course it could be used anywhere next to the oceans as an energy source. Perhaps even driving Electric Generators from this Rectifieed water flow. You might even use it on a ship at sea or yacht to generate spare electricity. Yet another way to capture otherwise wasted Energy.
very recently a HUUGE power surge happened to the house. It keeps happening. The 52" TV died. Just about to purchase new replacement guts for it But I purchasd an inexpensive UPS (uninteruptible power supply. basically a power strip with a battery). Everything on the 52" TV came back to life! The rectifier system made everything work! Diodes are amazing
Some professors are obsessed with formulas, graphs but this is of no use if the student does not even understand the working principle. Start there, explain for even a child to understand and this way you make the student curious what stands behind the scenes (formulas, graphs etc...)
Just FYI in plumbing it’s called a check valve. There are swing checks, and spring checks. The video is not wrong in any way. I’m just pointing it out.
@@ItsdirtnaptimeIt’s to keep you in an endless loop of watching the TH-cam shot Idk why people do this tho cause I don’t think I give and extra view Unless I’m wrong and it does give extra views….
ahhh thanks for explaining.. never understoo what a diode really was and was always wondering how i could make a closed circuit board if i couldn't make sure how to prevent electricity from flowing back to the components.. like flash capacitors..
@@EngineeringMindset Okay I have determined that you have failed. I have been looking around your channel for the extended video of this short video, but I cannot find it because you have too many interesting videos, which will keep me busy for a long period of time, leaving me, as a man, not able to find the video in a reasonable time. The average age on Earth is circa 85 years of age. Where would the specific video be?
not just any rectifier, that is a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!! electroboom would be proud.
No comment lemme fix that
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@@Lifeisfastfastdamn bro so when are you graduating kindergarten
@@Yazeedoothat's bullsh¡t
Your being mean
I knew someone was going to say that lol
*a full bridge rectifier*
Electro-BOOM
a full bridge erectifier*
It's only a full-wave rectifier bridge if there are four diodes.
@@general5104you r wrong my dear . It can be a full bridge rectifier or can be a inverter
@@priyanshuranjansahoo???
I love your water analogies, it’s so much easier to understand the dynamics of water rather than electrons.
The amount of times I've imagined water flowing... Through... A pipe
It doesn't at all explain how it works, it just tells what it does
@@mtark9988ikr, i dont wanna imagine, i wanna know
@@mtark9988how it works like a solid state valve? 🤯.
Experts explanation to common people: well you know NP junction sex between two types of semiconductors male and female. 🤣
I use water to describe electricity. You have the temperature of water, the quantity of water and the flow of water. Don’t drown.
Thanks for your very clear and simple explanation of a diode. I studied Electronic Engineering 30 years ago and your explanation is very easy to understand and spot on. I wish we were taught like this back in the day. I look forward to more of your electronic component explanations as it reminds me of the old days. Thanks.
You must be 120 years old now.
It's not that easy lol.
When diode is forward biased, there's
- Injection of charge carriers (holes at P side, electrons at N side).
- Subsequent diffusion (movement of charge carriers due to concentration gradient, i.e. holes move away from P side & towards N side, meanwhile electrons move asay from N side & towards P side)
- Drift (movement of charge carriers due to electric field)
- Recombination (because hole cannot carry longer in N side & electrons cannot last longer in P side)
All above keeps happening.
When diode is reverse biased,
- Even when diode is unbiased, naturally holes move from P to N region and electrons move from N to P.
- This diffusion causes recombination of holes & electrons (thus no charge carriers at junction).
- Once few carriers are moved, some atoms are ionized & it creates electric field internally (which should be overcome to flow current, that's why diodes have threshold/knee voltage) & Further no diffusion is possible.
- By reverse bias, this gets even worse (like opposite of carrier injection). Carriers move away from junction & hence depletion width increases even more, hence no way to flow current)
@@mandarbamane4268still easy
Nice explanation
@@Python-FPV I'm only 100 years old
Whats more interesting is the materials used and how they are 'sandwiched' together to acheive the 'one-way valve'.
This is indeed more interesting.
And the fact that if you put two valves back to back blocking each direction, you suddenly get a transistor, which allows water to flow completely unrestricted. That's some black magic.
So the current would come through the middle at the butt joint and flow out the open ends?
@@phillyphakename1255 not really
You put pressure in the middle and it allows the valves to open
Think of the valves having an extra mechanism which opens when pressure hits it
@phillyphakename1255
A transistor is something that is converting something from something by way of induction
My electrical engineering teacher in college always used water analogies to explain theory and it made everything click so well
There is even a method to represent a resistance with water
@@tbfrstudio5416which one?
@@tbfrstudio5416size of the pipe?
@@lionelhuts875 yep it can work too
@@tbfrstudio5416a "resistor "?? It limits flow but will also melt down if exceed its upper limit. Very useful component.
*inhales*
FUUUL BRI-
Nah not now...
I like how I’m in automotive tech class, and rn I’m doing the electronic parts of it, TH-cam decides to recommended these to me which help a lot. Thanks for the videos
You should definitely check out our automotive engineering videos
@@EngineeringMindset I’ll make sure to do that, thank you and for what you do!!
I studied engineering and this explanation is so much clearer than what anyone ever taught me. Very nice!
Also known as 'THE RECTIFIER!"
Not just any rectifier, but a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER
Seemless loop? Nah, just start the video at a random point before the end
This is a great series. Not a second wasted.
Tysm we need more engineering basics like this pls
I love these shorts! Keep them coming!!! 🥳🙏🏽
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This is the Best quick explanation online period!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
I've spent my career in industrial electronics. I've seen some very big diodes! A "hockey puck" diode which passes 1200 amps is compressed between two water cooled heat sinks.
Unless it is a Zener Diode.Zener diodes are primarily used for voltage regulation, voltage clamping, and protection against voltage spikes or transients in circuits. They maintain a stable voltage across their terminals, even when the current varies.
The way you present and display information makes it not only easy to retain, but also explain to somebody else, therefore strengthening one’s understanding.
Nice explanation . Make it for elements of electronics likes this thanks.
This channel is awesome, i dont know why but my brain just can’t handle elctronic knowledge and this channel is what i looking for a very very long time
We had one subject of Electronics in our Mechanical engineering in the 2nd year. But never had I understood this way. Thanks
Diodes/rectifiers are used prominently in the field of cathodic protection, to protect pipelines, underground storage tanks, etc., from corrosion. This was my career for 32 years. Most people have no idea what it is.
Do you know how EDUCATIONAL your videos are? Im HOOKED. ❤
Only if we have teachers like him, we'll stand on top
That loop was smooth asf
You were not teaching you were showing how things work that was fascinating.
I love to learn new things especially electronics.
As an electrician, very well explained.
Your shorts are amazing! I would love to understand electricity better. These shorts have helped me immensely. I'm going to start on the full-length videos next!
Thank you i hope i get recommended more of these they’re so clear to understand
Curious to know when that would come in handy? Scenarios. This was insightful
Thx to make us understand complex Science concepts in simple language😊
As an Electronics Engineer, i can confirm this is the best video explanation of Diodes!🙌
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If a reverse voltage is applied to the diode, it blocks.
This changes the capacity at the blocked area (capacitance diode). But if the maximum voltage is exceeded, then the diode also conducts reverse flow. (Zener diode). This can then destroy the diode.
I often wonder if there are other hypothetical electrical components that would be useful but that nobody has thought of, or that we just don't know how to make..
Or do we know for certain that all the simple components that we _could_ make we have already made?
Of course there'll be electrical components that we haven't yet discovered their usefulness in electronic circuits... There's a plethora of combinations of elements that haven't been tried in circuits and some with potential are not yet mass produced so the cost still outweighs the benefits...
One is Memristor,.....and there can be many.
While studying especially 'Theory of Electrical Elements and Components' in Electrical Engg. you will come to know about many mathematically possible and physically realized systems based on that.
@@AbhinavChauhan-nc8hj That's fascinating! I never even heard of a memristor. Time to dive down another rabbit-hole..
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This is the best channel to learn electronics basics.... Kudos😊
I’d love to see another video on how it achieves this effect
So basically it's like a one-way valve for electrical current. It only allows current to flow in one direction.
You explained the concept my teachers took days to explain
I spent years working with electronics in the building controls industry and never has anyone provided such a clear description of a diode.
Your explanation is so good
Bro explained the stuff my professor couldn’t make me understand in 6 weeks
this is the best explanation that i have ever seen
See our full diode video, far better details
Great explanation videos.
In the transistor one you explained how it works directly. How does it work with a diode?
See our full video - diodes explained
Awesomeness, super simple explanation!
People take technology for granted and have no idea how crazy the technology is.
Simple and crisp explaination ❤👏👏
Simply apt and precise description 👌.
Bro, after all this years I finally understood the purpose of a bridge rectifier, this is so cool!
If only you had googled bridge rectifier years ago! 😆
Good presentation,found it a useful refresher for my basic,hope you will give highlight about MOSFET and other electronic devices
See my new MOSFET explained video here➡️: th-cam.com/video/AwRJsze_9m4/w-d-xo.html
Love to see a Zener Diode video
These videos are amazingly useful please dont stop, * instant subscribe
“it will break if we exceed its limits” aka it becomes a fuse. thats why LED christmas lights don’t need a fuse for every bulb like in the 90’s, they’re their own fuses
You explain Better then my physics teacher.😊
A diode is basically an electrical check valve
Diodes are fantastic, i tried to "make" them in Minecraft and in computer logic and are absolutely fantastic as how theire useful, well not were i recreated them, but in the projects i made, it makes a project a bit more expansive, but its a chad component 9/10
The swing gate has a stiff spring holding it closed, just a little pressure can’t overcome it and flow but increase the pressure and it can overcome the spring though there is a drop in pressure. That is the forward voltage drop of the diode.
Thank you for your content
As a arduino newbie this channel is amazing
Thank you for this... Now i know what diode use for. Is just like when a DC battery accidentally puts a wrong polarity and that diode protects all component
If you apply way more voltage than in the start of a video you will create not a normal diode, but a Light Emitting Diode!
I'd still watch this if the video start at the actual start
Thanks for the explanation ❤
You just told me enough to tell people that the rectifier has a bad diode, and they'll think I'm a genius.
Interesting analogy to Water.
What if we were to use Rectifier Water Valves to cause Ocean waves or tides to force woter flow into a pipe in one direction? Perhaps in Holland to drive the pumps that keep holland dry. Of course it could be used anywhere next to the oceans as an energy source.
Perhaps even driving Electric Generators from this Rectifieed water flow. You might even use it on a ship at sea or yacht to generate spare electricity.
Yet another way to capture otherwise wasted Energy.
very recently a HUUGE power surge happened to the house. It keeps happening. The 52" TV died. Just about to purchase new replacement guts for it But I purchasd an inexpensive UPS (uninteruptible power supply. basically a power strip with a battery). Everything on the 52" TV came back to life! The rectifier system made everything work! Diodes are amazing
Very good explanation thank you
Very good explanation 👍🏾
As a plumber the water analogy made this very easy to understand lol
I love how they always use water and plumbing to describe electricity
interesting! many videos like this please!
Nice video full explained
😊
Some professors are obsessed with formulas, graphs but this is of no use if the student does not even understand the working principle. Start there, explain for even a child to understand and this way you make the student curious what stands behind the scenes (formulas, graphs etc...)
Just FYI in plumbing it’s called a check valve. There are swing checks, and spring checks.
The video is not wrong in any way.
I’m just pointing it out.
No, it’s called “THE FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER”
the perfect loop doesn't exi-
Maybe it is just me, but it seems the end, is at the beginning. 😂😂
@@Itsdirtnaptimeit's not just you >.< it was almost a great video, albeit extremely basic
@@ItsdirtnaptimeIt’s to keep you in an endless loop of watching the TH-cam shot
Idk why people do this tho cause I don’t think I give and extra view
Unless I’m wrong and it does give extra views….
It’s not a loop.
You can also get diodes that reduces voltage as well as only letting current flow one way
Diodes are used for diatortion n overdrive in audio gear too
*distortion
Great content my friend! That’s how physics lesson should look like!
Good explanation 👌
Like a diode, this video has led me on a one-way trip straight to your channel and straight to the subscribe button :)
Diode is a semiconductor made of
P and N semiconductor material using silicone and impurities
PN junction
Explained in 1 minute better then teacher in 5 classes
Any electrical component ever when overloaded: *explodes*
would you please make vidios of other components one by one. This video is very informative..
ahhh thanks for explaining.. never understoo what a diode really was and was always wondering how i could make a closed circuit board if i couldn't make sure how to prevent electricity from flowing back to the components.. like flash capacitors..
You are amazing man, you have really helped me to learn on the go at work.
I did electroplating, using electrolysis, and we used rectifies, but they were MASSIVE, and a bit more complex, if I remember correctly.
AM a student in electrical field that is a very good lesson
Love these videos
You forgot to show how that valve works in the "resistor". You just gave an example as an idea of how it works.
It's a short, limited to 60 seconds. Please see our full videos
@@EngineeringMindset Okay I have determined that you have failed. I have been looking around your channel for the extended video of this short video, but I cannot find it because you have too many interesting videos, which will keep me busy for a long period of time, leaving me, as a man, not able to find the video in a reasonable time. The average age on Earth is circa 85 years of age. Where would the specific video be?
That's why a valve is called a valve. Calling them tubes tells you nothing.
Finally a tutorial for diode in the game mindustry i was so confuse what it is
Bro explained electronics course in one short
I wish you could have been my physics teacher.. awesome videos..keep it up
Excellent explained
Shorts are good to remind what diode is, I am seeing diode after 4 years
Lovely explanation 😊
Eccellente,ottima visualizzazione del comportamento dei semiconduttori spiegato bene
That was great. Just a quick question: wasn’t the polarity on the diode incorrect?
FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER one famous component to have capacitors and diodes