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MK14:
Just for anyone who is interested, the OP seemed to be talking about the topic of this thread, around a couple of years ago.


--- Quote from: Sredni on August 05, 2022, 02:53:17 am ---You can call it generalized Ohm's law.

There is a vicious rumor that diodes are not resistors, but they are resistors. They are nonlinear resistors (if we neglect the dynamic parasitics, of course and assume the exponential curve in the VI plane is what characterize them).
If you need to invoke the principle of authority to defend this assertion, you can always quote Chua, Desoer, Kuh, "Linear and Nonlinear Circuits". This is what I call "THE bible of circuit theory". It's not some high school or vocational school textbook for courses limited to the easiest circuits.

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fourfathom:
Is a dog a cat?

Gyro:

--- Quote from: Sredni on April 23, 2024, 08:39:00 pm ---Well, up to a few posts ago, "nonlinear resistor" was an oxymoron, so it's progress.

Try this. Go here: https://automobiles.honda.com/ (or any other car manufacturer) and try to find a Formula1 race car for sale.
If you can't find it then Formula 1 race cars are not cars.

Helen is a woman, even if you don't find it in the list of women whose name starts with K, like Kate.

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After 8 pages, why are you folks continuing to feed this guy?  :-//

Just for entertainment value?

fourfathom:

--- Quote from: Gyro on April 23, 2024, 09:06:38 pm ---Just for entertainment value?
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Yes.

MK14:
To the OP.
Are you sure you are talking about a 'normal' diode, and not a 'special' type of (apparently chaotic) diode?

You seem to have given too little information for me to be sure.

But, are you thinking of Chua's diode?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chua%27s_diode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_O._Chua

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chua%27s_circuit

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