Transfiguration diode?

[Stevve]

What is the function of a transfiguration diode and how is it used?

[Paul Price]

Transfiguration diodes guide excess digital bits into the bit bin, if they cannot be rectified by any other means if the circuit cannot adjust it's capacity to accept them...so it kinda changes the capacity, or has the potential to change the capacity. or has to have a potential to change its capacity..but i have a bias towards the last definition.

[c4757p]

I think you're looking for either Minerva McGonagall or a Catholic school....


A quick search seems to show that it's a shitty Chinese translation for "varactor diode" / "varicap diode".

[c4757p]

so it kinda changes the capacity, or has the potential to change the capacity. or has to have a potential to change its capacity..but i have a bias towards the last definition.

 

[free_electron]

Transfiguration diodes are prevalent in HP equipment. No, not Hewlett Packard!
The other HP, Harry Potter

[Stevve]

So... it's a Catholic capacitor??

Thanks for the info all!

BTW here's an image of a transfiguration diode.  I guess it's just a BB910.

[mrflibble]

So... it's a Catholic capacitor??

Where the big capacitors abuse the little capacitors. Regardless of polarity.

[Stevve]

That's not 100% true because it depends on the bias.

[Paul Moir]

I think we have a bit of a translation problem here.  I think he means a varactor diode:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicap

It changes it's capacitance slightly based on the amount of voltage (backwards) across it.  It's used mainly for tuning radios without using a variable capacitor.

I'm pretty sure a transfiguration diode is used for preventing Jekyll and Hyde type oscillations.   

[amyk]

Varactor in Chinese is ??
Diode is
?? apparently translates as "transfiguration"

The more you know...

[Stevve]

Okay, so now we know it's a familiar component, but that doesn't mean we can't still have fun with the clerks at Radio Shack.

[c4757p]

Varactor in Chinese is ??
Diode is
?? apparently translates as "transfiguration"

Yes, this is how Chinese looks to me as well.

[amyk]

Oops... see image.

[Stevve]

Varactor in Chinese is ??
Diode is
?? apparently translates as "transfiguration"

Yes, this is how Chinese looks to me as well.

Hmm.. I always thought varactor in Chinese was     at least that's what we learned in school.