All About Diode

Everything you need to know about diode: 

Some basic explanation on how diode works

Before you begin to check or test a diode, it is recommended that you should understand how diode works, it's characteristic and the types of diodes available in the market. Whenever if there is a diode problem, at least you will know it falls under shorted, open or leaky category. Then you will take the necessary steps or method to test it.

The right way to test a diode

There are many methods to test a diode such as using a digital meter, an analog meter or even an expensive diode checker designed specially to check all kind of diodes. In this article, i will show you how i used analog multimeter to accurately test a diode. You would be surprised that you actually can used two analog meter to test a diode. Check out the secrets now!

The ultra fast recovery diode specifications that you need to know

Not all kind of diodes are created equal in terms of the specifications. If you replace ultrafast recovery diod with a normal diode, chances are very high when the equipment is switched on, the replacement diode will blow in less than a second. In other words, you cannot blindly replace a diode by looking at it's size, instead you should seek out the diode specification first. All the tips about ultra fast recovery diode are explained in this article.

Secrets of testing schottky diode

Schottky diode characteristic is a little bit different from normal diode and ultra fast recovery diode. Thus the way of testing it is different from when you are checking a normal diode. If you don't know about this little secrets, i'm afraid you might be thinking the schottky diode is leaky where actually it is good. Read the article and find out the answer.

Diodes in series and parallel

How to use this method to find your desire diodes specification for replacement purposes