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A silicon diode has a saturation current of 5 nA at 25°C. What is the saturation current at 100°C?​

Answer 1

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A silicon diode has a reverse current of 5 mikroA at 25°C and 100 mikroA at 100°C. What are the values of saturation current and surface-leakage current at 25°C?

With my understanding about electronic devices, I’m writing the answer.

Definition for leakage current, the current consumption of the device during non operating mode.

Definition for saturation current, the maximum current flow allowed through the device(this will not work well in MOSFET and its other way around).

Answering your question, the diode is two terminal device and I would define the leakage current is reverse saturation current. Saturation current for the diode in forward bias is maximum forward current and in reverse mode is reverse saturation current.

Hope, Answered your question

Answer 2

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A silicon diode has a saturation current of 5 nA at 25°C. What is the saturation current at 100°C?