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1、HowLightEmittingDiodesWorkbyTomHarrisLightemittingdiodes,commonlycalledLEDs,arerealunsungheroesintheelectronicsworld.Theydodozensofdifferentjobsandarefoundinallkindsofdevices.Amongotherthings,theyformthenumbersondigitalclocks,transmitinformationfromremotecontrols,lightupwatchesandtellyouwh
2、enyourappliancesareturnedon.Collectedtogether,theycanformimagesonajumbotelevisionscreenorilluminateatrafficlight.Basically,LEDsarejusttinylightbulbsthatfiteasilyintoanelectricalcircuit.Butunlikeordinaryincandescentbulbs,theydon'thaveafilamentthatwillburnout,andtheydon'tgetespeciallyhot.The
3、yareilluminatedsolelybythemovementofelectronsinasemiconductormaterial,andtheylastjustaslongasastandardtransistor.Inthisarticle,we'llexaminethesimpleprinciplesbehindtheseubiquitousblinkers,illuminatingsomecoolprinciplesofelectricityandlightintheprocess.WhatisaDiode?Adiodeisthesimplestsortof
4、semiconductordevice.Broadlyspeaking,asemiconductorisamaterialwithavaryingabilitytoconductelectricalcurrent.Mostsemiconductorsaremadeofapoorconductorthathashadimpurities(atomsofanothermaterial)addedtoit.Theprocessofaddingimpuritiesiscalleddoping.InthecaseofLEDs,theconductormaterialistypical
5、lyaluminum-gallium-arsenide(AlGaAs).Inpurealuminum-gallium-arsenide,alloftheatomsbondperfectlytotheirneighbors,leavingnofreeelectrons(negatively-chargedparticles)toconductelectriccurrent.Indopedmaterial,additionalatomschangethebalance,eitheraddingfreeelectronsorcreatingholeswhereelectronsc
6、ango.Eitheroftheseadditionsmakethematerialmoreconductive.AsemiconductorwithextraelectronsiscalledN-typematerial,sinceithasextranegatively-chargedparticles.InN-typematerial,freeelectronsmovefromanegatively-chargedareatoapositivelychargedarea.AsemiconductorwithextraholesiscalledP-typemateria
7、l,sinceiteffectivelyhasextrapositively-chargedparticles.Electronscanjumpfromholetohole,movingfromanegatively-chargedareatoapositively-chargedarea.Asaresult,theholesthemselvesappeartomovefromapositively-chargedareatoanegatively-chargedarea.Adiodecomprisesasecti
