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Name: P-N Junction: Part I
ID: m1003
Language: English (en)
Summary: Introduction of P-N junction, the first real and actual electric device.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: diode, P-N junction
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)

Authors: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net)
Copyright Holders: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net)
Maintainers: Bill Wilson (wlw@madriver.net), Elizabeth Gregory (elizabeth.gregory@gmail.com), Jeffrey Silverman (JSilverman@astro.berkeley.edu), Gerard Wysocki (gerardw@rice.edu)

Version: 2.13 (history)
Created: Aug 4, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Aug 14, 2007 11:44 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.13 Aug 14, 2007 11:44 am GMT-5 by Raymond Wagner
Changes:
publish to add Gerard Wysocki as maintainer

Version: 2.12 Jun 27, 2005 11:08 am GMT-5 by Bill Wilson
Changes:
Changed n-type to p-type in figure 1 caption

Version: 2.11 Aug 13, 2004 10:39 am GMT-5 by Bill Wilson
Changes:
 wording changes and LED added

Version: 2.10 Jul 30, 2003 3:51 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes:
fixed typo

Version: 2.9 Jul 14, 2003 9:52 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
A few small changes, including one connexion

Version: 2.8 Jul 3, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
Resized images

Version: 2.7 Jul 1, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes:
Upgrade to 0.5

Version: 2.6 May 17, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
removed hardcoded figure numbers and cnxn references, renamed figure files so they would print, changed emphasis to term in places

Version: 2.5 Nov 19, 2001 12:00 am US/Central by Brent Hendricks
Changes:
Updated to CNXML 0.3.5

Version: 2.4 Oct 31, 2001 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes:
no changes made

Version: 2.3 Aug 14, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
Moved images up out of images/ directory (Jenn).

Version: 2.2 Jun 4, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
add maintainerlist and change to version 0.3.

Version: 2.1 May 29, 2001 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes:
add maintainerlist and change to version 0.3.

Version: 2.0 Aug 4, 2000 12:00 am GMT-5 by Brent Hendricks
Changes:
Bumped version to 2.0

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