Re: Rectification

On a sunny day (Sun, 03 Nov 2024 08:50:59 +0000) it happened Cursitor Doom
<cd@notformail.com> wrote in <47eeijlljbtn1nrah91u015tnbh0r3nbbr@4ax.com>:

Pretty good for generating a comb, though. I would guess there are
more varieties of diode than any other discrete component there is.
Quite a remarkable little device and - usually - trivially cheap.

That is why I did not jump into the thread.
Varicap diodes are nice too and used in many places.

I grew up with OA79 germanium diodes for crystal radios, selenium big rectifiers for mil,
tried rasorblade with pencil as diode:
 https://rimstar.org/science_electronics_projects/razor_blade_diode_for_crystal_foxhole_radio.htm
and used many types of power diodes and RF diodes.

Not to forget vacuum diodes, from small signal ones to DY87 for HV rectification in teefee sets:
 https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_dy87.html

HV diodes for color TV, multipliers...

The list is longer...
As to subject line 'rectification', synchronous rectifier circuits..