What is the difference between ordinary diode and regulated tube

By huanggs
Diode and regulator are one of the categories of electronic components. What is the difference between the two? Today Renesas-UPD78F0849GKA-GAK-G Xiaobian and you have a chat, let's read it on. Normal diode under the action of reverse voltage, no current through (not including reverse saturation current). If the reverse voltage exceeds the reverse breakdown voltage, the diode will be broken down. In contrast, the regulator operates in the case of reverse breakdown. The voltage regulator stabilizes the voltage at both ends of the tube when it is working properly. It should be noted that different regulator tubes have different stable voltages. In short, the regulator works in reverse breakdown, and the ordinary diode works in forward operation; the reverse breakdown of the regulator is reversible. When the reverse voltage is removed, the pipeline can return to normal. The reverse breakdown voltage of the regulator is considerably lower than that of the ordinary diode. Xiaobian here incidentally tells you that the reason for such a difference between the two is because the manufacturing process of the two is different.