Thursday 15 January 2015

A DC source and only a Reverse Diode


What will happen having only a DC source and a diode connected in reverse?


Will the diode or the source overheat over time or something bad might happen if you let it operate like that?


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Answer



You're about 1/5th the way from the center on the left of the graph. You'll get a marginal reverse current, but it's so little it wouldn't matter to much electronics. Your battery would drain ever so slowly. Internal battery drain current would probably be higher. So basically your circuit does nothing.



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