Question

What is the value of knee voltage of silicon diode?

Answer 1

It is the minimum amount of voltage which is required to operate components like for silicon diode it is 0.7 V while for Germanium Diode its 0.3 V.

Answer 2

Breakdown And Threshold Voltage are other Names of Knee Voltage.

Explanation:

• The Cut-in-voltage is also referred that as the least voltage amount which is needed for diode conduction, we can also call it as "Cut-in-voltage or knee-voltage".

• The sudden and rapid increase of current in a PN Junction, at the forward voltage, is also called Knee Voltage, whose value for Silicon Diode = - 0.7 volts

• Threshold voltage and Breakdown voltage are other names.

• Here, the Breakdown voltage at the PN Junction falls breakdown due to the reverse voltage.