The idealized diode threshold is a checked energy boundary. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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Source voltage supplies energy per charge

Charge 2 coulombs through source voltage 3 volts supplies 6 joules.

Esource=23=6 JE_{\mathrm{source}}=2\cdot 3=6\ \mathrm{J}
Diode equality thresholdThis is a barrier-energy threshold, not a real turn-on curve.q=2 CV_s=3 VE_source=6 JE_barrier=6 Jaccepted=1

Equality conducts in the toy threshold

The supplied energy and barrier are both 6 joules, so accepted is 1.

Esource=Ebarrier,accepted=1E_{\mathrm{source}}=E_{\mathrm{barrier}},\quad \mathrm{accepted}=1
Equality acceptedThe equality boundary is explicit.q=2 CV_s=3 VE_source=6 JE_barrier=6 Jaccepted=1