Basic Electronics EC-100
Practice Assignment-1
Diode Circuits and Application
Name:
1. (a) Using the characteristics of Fig. 1b, determine ID, VD, and VR for the circuit of
Fig.
(b) Repeat part (a) using the approximate model for the diode and compare results.
(c) Repeat part (a) using the ideal model for the diode and compare results.
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2. (a) Using the characteristics of Fig. 1b, determine ID and VD or the circuit of Fig. 2.
(b) Repeat part (a) with R =0.47 k.
(c) Repeat part (a) with R =0.18 k.
(d) Is the level of VD relatively close to 0.7 V in each case?
How do the resulting levels of ID compare? Comment accordingly.
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3. Determine the value of R for the circuit of Fig. 2 that will result in a diode current of
10 mA if E =7 V. Use the characteristics of Fig. 1b for the diode.
4. (a)Using the approximate characteristics for the Si diode, determine the level of VD ,
ID , and VR for the circuit of Fig. 3.
(b) Perform the same analysis as part (a) using the ideal model for the diode.
(c) Do the results obtained in parts (a) and (b) suggest that the ideal model can provide a
good approximation for the actual response under some conditions?
Fig3.
5. Determine the dynamic resistance at a 150mA forward current for a diode with the
characteristics shown in Fig.
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Basic Electronics EC-100
Practice Assignment-1
Diode Circuits and Application
Name:
6. Calculate the forward current in a circuit consisting of germanium diode connected in
series with a 9 V battery and a 3.3k resistor.
7. Draw a straight line approximation of the forward characteristic for a silicon diode
that has a 0.5 dynamic resistance and a maximum forward current of 300mA.
8. A diode which has the characteristics shown in fig. is to pass 20mA forward current
when the supply is 12 V. Determine the value of the resistance that must be
connected in series with the diode.
9. Calculate the static forward resistance for the diode characteristics shown in Fig. at a
25mA forward current. Also determine the dynamic resistance for the device at IF =
25 mA using the characteristics and equation.
10. A device is to be protected from the negative half cycle of a 6 V square wave input
.The device current is 750 A when its input is 4V. select a suitable shunt clipping
circuit, determine an appropriate resistor, and specify the diode.
11. Determine Vo for each network of Fig for the input shown.
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