http://www.durofy.com/technology/active-vs-passive-devices/ Engineering & Technology Tutorials Sat, 19 May 2012 06:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.durofy.com/technology/active-vs-passive-devices/#comment-227 Rishabh Dev Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:00:38 +0000 http://zarrata.com/durofy/?p=232#comment-227 A follow up from our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Electronics-Communication-Engineering-ECE/115589339957?ref=mf" rel="nofollow">facebook page</a>-The diode is-in general-a passive device-but the tunnel diode has its own story-the tunnel diode amplifier uses the tunnel diode as an active device-but we then turn to the two views of passivity-thermodynamic & incremental-it may then, only be referred to as an incremental active device(the fact that it amplifies). It is still thermodynamically passive(passive in terms of heat/power dissipation & controlling electricity electrically). A follow up from our facebook page-The diode is-in general-a passive device-but the tunnel diode has its own story-the tunnel diode amplifier uses the tunnel diode as an active device-but we then turn to the two views of passivity-thermodynamic & incremental-it may then, only be referred to as an incremental active device(the fact that it amplifies). It is still thermodynamically passive(passive in terms of heat/power dissipation & controlling electricity electrically).

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