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THE BELL SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL, MAY 1956 



expressed as 



/ = 7oe«^'^'=^ 



where I = current thru unit 



7o = constant 



q = charge of electron 



V = voltage across unit 



k = Boltzmann's constant 



T = absolute temperature 



and 1< .V < 2. 



(2) 



10 



10" 



to 



a 



UJ 

 Q. 



< 



UJ 

 <£. 



o 



10 



-2 



10" 



10 



10 



10 



-6 



0.2 



0.3 



0.4 



0.5 0.6 



VOLTS 



0.7 



0.8 



0.9 



Fig. 4 — Forward characteristic of silicon power rectifier. 



