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Type of diode
A varicap diode, varactor diode, variable capacitance diode, variable reactance diode or tuning diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the voltage-dependent capacitance of a reverse-biased p–n junction. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: VaricapA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: RECONFIGURABLE HALF MODE SIW BAND-PASS FILTER BASED ON CIRCULAR C-SRR USING VARICAP DIODES FOR WLAN APPLICATIONSInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Semiconductor handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A new approach to designing varicap-tuned filtersCited 24 times
- Go sideways: Variable capacitorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Electronic componentA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun Synonym of varactor (“type of diode”).
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A new approach to designing varicap-tuned filters
Wireless neural probes based on one-port SAW delay line and neural firing-dependent varicap diode
Hardware implementation of varicap diode's ANN model using PIC microcontrollers
An Integrated High-Capacitance Varicap Based on Porous Silicon
An area-variable MOS varicap and its application in programmable TAP weighting of CCD transversal filters
Input Offset Voltage and Current in Varicap Diode Modulators
Fabrication of MOSCAP and VARICAP Based Soil Sensors Using Low-Cost Solution Processing
Distortion in Varicap FM Oscillators
🆕 Influential since 2022
RECONFIGURABLE HALF MODE SIW BAND-PASS FILTER BASED ON CIRCULAR C-SRR USING VARICAP DIODES FOR WLAN APPLICATIONS
Gallium arsenide octave-bandwidth microwave voltage-controlled oscillator having discrete varicap
A low-power varicap-based RF switch for antenna control and noise mitigation in LoRa-based IoT nodes
Improvement of inverse characteristics of silicon varicap by using low-temperature gettering
đź“š Books worth reading
Semiconductor handbookA. E. C. van Utteren · 1976
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