Twenty Rows' 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested in mid-to-late October from appelations across Napa Valley including Mt. Veeder, Coombsville, and Oak Knoll. The Cabernet Sauvignon fruit also includes 4% Petite Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Malbec.
Zener diode is a diode which is used in its break down region. The diode is kept reverse biased in a circuit, and so it does not allow current to pass until the voltage is greater than the breakdown voltage of the zener.
semiconductor diode A diode made of semiconductor components, usually silicon. The cathode, which is negatively charged and has an excess of electrons, is placed adjacent to the anode, which has an inherently positive charge, carrying an excess of holes. At this junction a depletion region forms, with neither holes nor electrons.