(under subclass 291) Subject matter which incorporates a two-terminal semiconductive device having minority carriers which accumulate at a pn junction when the diode is forward biased and which are suddenly swept away after back biasing increases to a certain point.
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194, for stable state circuits utilizing capacitive diodes.
586, for capacitive diode circuits, in general.
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257, Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes),
595+, for voltage variable capacitance diodes, per se.