step-recovery diode

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step-recovery diode [′step ri¦kəv·rē ′dī‚ōd]

(electronics)

A varactor in which forward voltage injects carriers across the junction, but before the carriers can combine, voltage reverses and carriers return to their origin in a group; the result is abrupt cessation of reverse current and a harmonic-rich waveform.

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