Practical Electronics/Diodes/Types of diode

Diode's Types {| class="wikitable" width=100% ! Component !! Diode !! Description |- |Light Emitted Diode || 100px|LED symbol || Commonly used in lighting application where correctly applied voltage will turn on LED producing illuminations |- |Protection Diode || 100px|Diode symbol || Used in a circuit to protect the circuit from reverse voltage and currents |- |Schottky Diode || 100px|Schottky diode symbol || A type of diode with low forward voltage ,Vf drop and a very fast switching ability. Used in almost all types of high-speed switching applications |- |Photo Diode || 100px || A type of special diodes that takes light energy and converts it into electrical energy |- |Varactor Diode || 100px || Primarily used in tuning circuits where a change in capacitance tunes the circuit |- |Zener Diode || 100px|Zener diode symbol || Special type of diode that is used most extensively as a voltage regulator |- |Tunnel Diode ||100px|Tunnel diode symbol || The characteristic of this diode is when voltage applied increases , the electric current decreases. It is used as a very fast switching device in computers |- |Shockley Diode || 100px|Shockley diode symbol || Functions primarily as a switch when applied voltages exceedingly the target voltage |- |}