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Define knee voltage or threshold voltage or cut-in voltage.

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At room temperature, a potential difference equal to the barrier potential is required before a reasonable forward current starts flowing across the diode. This voltage is known as threshold voltage or cut-in voltage or knee voltage (Vth).

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