Electrical junction
A Junction, in electricity, may be either a thermoelectricity junction, a metal–semiconductor junction or a p–n junction (p-type semiconductor–n-type semiconductor junction). Junctions are either rectifying or non-rectifying. Non-rectifying junctions are called Ohmic contacts. Electronic components employing rectifying junctions include p–n diodes, Schottky diodes and bipolar junction transistors.
See also
- Heterojunction and Homojunction
- Depletion region, also called junction region
- p–n junction isolation