Semiconductor diode with voltage-dependent capacitance

A semiconductor wafer constituting a diode with voltage-dependent capacitance, having an N-type base layer and two P-type layers forming together two P-N junctions. The area of one of the P-N junctions is 30 to 50 times greater than that of the other P-N junction. The larger P-N junction of the semiconductor diode is energized by a positive potential, thus becoming forward-biased, while the smaller junction is energized by a negative potential, becoming reverse-biased. The resulting barrier capacitance of the reverse-biased junction determines capacitance, and its variation with temperature is compensated by a simultaneously changing potential of the two P-N junctions.