alloy-junction diode

[′a‚lȯi ¦jəŋk·shən ′dī‚ōd]

(electronics)

A junction diode made by placing a pill of doped alloying material on a semiconductor material and heating until the molten alloy melts a portion of the semiconductor, resulting in a pn junction when the dissolved semiconductor recrystallizes. Also known as fused-junction diode.

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