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Things you can do with diodes

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1. hshdhdhehd ◴[] No.45806207[source]
Current/voltage chart looks a lot like a RELU.
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2. CamperBob2 ◴[] No.45807310[source]
That's exactly why it's called a 'rectified' linear unit! It's a half-wave rectifier. The ReLU function is just what you'd see if you put an (ideal) diode on a curve tracer.