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  1. Newsgroups: sci.electronics
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!fs1.ee.ubc.ca!jmorriso
  3. From: jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)
  4. Subject: Re: need some basic help with DIODES
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan1.013520.4890@ee.ubc.ca>
  6. Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
  7. References: <1ht4krINN9kb@post.its.mcw.edu>
  8. Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 01:35:20 GMT
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  11. In article <1ht4krINN9kb@post.its.mcw.edu> kcb@post.its.mcw.edu (Kent C. Brodie) writes:
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  13. >A simple question.    Which way does the "band" on a diode go?  +/-?
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  15.  
  16. which way does current in the diode go?
  17. follow the arrow:
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  21.                                           \    |
  22.                                            \   |
  23.                                             \  |
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  34. Or alternatively, what does the 'band' look like? Turn it on its side:
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  36. the band looks like              ------------------------
  37. a big minus sign
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  39. >--------------
  40. >Kent C. Brodie - Sr. Systems/Network Manager        brodie@post.its.mcw.edu
  41. >Information Technology Systems
  42. >Medical College of Wisconsin                (414) 257-8769
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  46. __________________________________________________________________________
  47.  John Paul Morrison                     |  
  48.  University of British Columbia, Canada |  
  49.  Electrical Engineering                 |   .sig file without a cause
  50.  jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca              VE7JPM |  
  51. ________________________________________|_________________________________
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