/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1790328
aside from the ubiquitous 1N914 that is often called a switching diode, there are also PIN (structure) diodes that are very commonly used in RF systems to cut off signals (with reverse bias) or pass them on (with forward bias). iirc (and I probably don't) the intrinsic layer improves linearity

>>1790343
neat part
the cost/power/speed tradeoff is for the user to make, of course