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tunnel diode

type of semiconductor diode
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tunnel diode

Summary

tunnel diode ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (223 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • tunnel diode is credited with the discovery of Leo Esaki[2].
  • tunnel diode's GND ID is recorded as 4186443-8[3].
  • tunnel diode's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85138667[4].
  • tunnel diode's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119811617[5].
  • tunnel diode's subclass of is recorded as semiconductor diode[6].
  • tunnel diode's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01190029[7].
  • tunnel diode's Commons category is recorded as Tunnel diodes[8].
  • tunnel diode's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 25099[9].
  • tunnel diode's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02m41h[10].
  • tunnel diode's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 621.381522[11].
  • tunnel diode's PSH ID is recorded as 1982[12].
  • tunnel diode's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/tunnel-diode[13].
  • tunnel diode's FAST ID is recorded as 1158963[14].
  • tunnel diode's icon is recorded as IEEE 315-1975 (1993) 8.5.7.1.c.svg[15].
  • tunnel diode's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as tunnel-diodes[16].
  • tunnel diode's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as tunneldiode[17].
  • tunnel diode's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 135372[18].
  • tunnel diode's Common Procurement Vocabulary code is recorded as 31712345[19].
  • tunnel diode's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 4464978[20].
  • tunnel diode's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007555903905171[21].
  • tunnel diode's Lex ID is recorded as tunneldiode[22].
  • tunnel diode's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C4464978[23].
  • tunnel diode's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as tunnel-nyi-diod-4f082d[24].
  • tunnel diode's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/7f820df9-4cbc-4fb6-bfe6-c9f2ad5e154c[25].

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Works and Contributions

tunnel diode is credited with the discovery of Leo Esaki[2].

Why It Matters

tunnel diode ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (223 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Leo Esaki

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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