A diode is a device that allows current to flow in one direction but not in the other. This ability makes diodes useful in many applications, including converting AC to DC, regulating voltages, and ...

Built-in monitor photo diode enables system designers to optimize laser performance during environmental fluctuations. FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXT - News), a global ...

The physicist William Shockley is perhaps today best known for three things: his role in the invention of the transistor, his calamitous management of Shockley Semiconductor which led to a mass ...

Coherent's Semiconductor Group (CSG) has opened a new commercial applications laboratory to enable customers to see how Coherent's laser diodes might meet their application needs. The new laboratory ...

Range finders are used for a wide range of tasks, from measuring the distance to an object a few feet away to the distance between the moon and the earth. They work by sending a group of energy pulses ...

Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new electrode material for deep-ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diode applications. They used a cutting-edge deposition ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) today introduced the AL3353 LED/LCD 40V max input boost controller, applicable across a wide range of applications where a constant ...