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Photodiode, an Uncommon card
A photodiode is a semiconductor diode sensitive to photon radiation, such as visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and gamma rays.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 56,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It produces an electrical current when it absorbs photons.
- This can be used for detection and measurement applications, or for the generation of electrical power in solar cells.
- Photodiodes are used in a wide range of applications throughout the electromagnetic spectrum from visible light photocells to gamma ray spectrometers.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Photodiode article was read about 56,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Photodiode
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Photodiode (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ulfbastel 16:23, 28. Dez 2005 (CET), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

