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Q.Draw the schematic cross section of power diode.

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[!TLDR]

A vertical p+ / n- (drift) / n+ stack between anode and cathode metallizations, A at top and K at bottom.

The schematic cross section of a power diode is a vertical layered structure. From top to bottom: the Anode (A) terminal connects through an anode-metallization plate to a heavily-doped p+ layer (≈1019\approx 10^{19} atoms/cm3^3); below it lies the lightly-doped n- epitaxial layer, called the drift region (≈1014\approx 10^{14} atoms/cm3^3), which provides the wide depletion region for reverse blocking; below that is the heavily-doped n+ substrate that forms the cathode (≈1019\approx 10^{19} atoms/cm3^3); finally a cathode-metallization plate connects to the Cathode (K) terminal at the bottom.

[!ANSWER]

Vertical stack: Anode (A) — anode metallization — p+ (101910^{19}) — n- drift/epitaxial (101410^{14}) — n+ substrate/cathode (101910^{19}) — cathode metallization — Cathode (K).

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