RE:How to set up a diff equation for circuit with a diode?
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- Subject: [mg68825] RE:How to set up a diff equation for circuit with a diode?
- From: jpigott at cox.net
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:43:43 -0400 (EDT)
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The equation commes from the physics of a p-n junction. The 0.026 in front is really k*T/q, k== Boltzmann's constant, T is temperature in kelvin, q is the electronic charge. The 10^12 inside is a function of the area ans structure of the diode. it can be thought of as also the reverse leakage current. It changes dramatically with temperature (~ proportional to T^3/2). Of course there are many reasons why real diodes deviate from this formula. series resistance will make higher by I*Rseries. At very low and very high currents, the ln[] function gets modified. Link to the forum page for this post: http://www.mathematica-users.org/webMathematica/wiki/wiki.jsp?pageName=Special:Forum_ViewTopic&pid=12855#p12855 Posted through http://www.mathematica-users.org [[postId=12855]]