Mumbai University > EXTC > Sem 3 > Analog Electronics 1

Marks: 5 M

Year: Nov 2013

1. Construction:

• In schottky diode a metal-semiconductor junction is formed.
• Normally semiconductor material used is n-type silicon (sometimes p-type silicon is also used) and the metals used are aluminum, molybdenum, platinum, chromium or tungsten, and certain silicides, e.g. palladium silicide and platinum silicide
• The metal side acts as the anode …