Tubes, Semiconductors and Rectifiers

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3. __________ attraction
6. __________ impurity
7. __________ bias. When a diode is not conducting.
9. Tubes are electronic components sealed in a glass __________
11. The type of bond when atoms share electrons.
13. Negative lead or side of a diode.
15. One of the most common semiconductor materials.
16. __________-wave rectifier
18. __________ biased
21. __________ tube. One with 3 parts.
22. Positive or p-type side of a diode.
24. The process of adding impurities to semiconductor material.
25. Positive lead or side of a diode tube.

Down:

1. __________ emission. The process of using heat to make free electrons.
2. A common semiconductor material.
4. A special circuit that turns AC into some type of DC.
5. A solide state device that conducts electricity in only one direction.
8. Vacuum tubes are also called __________ tubes.
10. P-N __________
12. Electron __________ bond.
13. __________ rectifier is another name for a solid-state diode.
14. Peak __________ Voltage. Max reverse bias voltage that can be safely appiled to a diode.
17. One can use an electrolytic cap to __________ DC in order to make it more steady.
19. __________ impurity.
20. The 2 possible voltage states of a diode. They can be forward or reverse __________.
23. A special full-wave rectifier that uses 4 diodes to make very steady DC.