Electrical junction

For the enclosure housing electrical connections, see Junction box.

An electrical junction is a point or area where (a) two or more conductors or (b) different semiconducting regions of differing electrical properties make physical contact.^[1] Electrical junctions types include thermoelectricity junctions, metal–semiconductor junctions and p–n junctions. Junctions are either rectifying or non-rectifying. Non-rectifying junctions comprise ohmic contacts, which are characterised by a linear current–voltage (${\displaystyle I-V}$) relation. Electronic components employing rectifying junctions include p–n diodes, Schottky diodes and bipolar junction transistors.

See also

• Break junction
• Depletion region, also called junction region
  • Junction voltage
• Heterojunction
• Homojunction
• Josephson junction
• Nodal analysis
• p–n junction isolation

References

1. Butterfield, Andrew J.; Szymanski, John, eds. (2018). A Dictionary of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198725725.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-872572-5.