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Examples Chapter 2: Diodes


EXAMPLE 2.2: ________________________________________________________ A silicon diode has a 0.7V drop across it at 25o C when it carries a current of 1 mA. If the temperature rises to 55o C for the same current, what is the voltage across the diode? Solution: Let us assume that the temperature coefficient of the silicon diode is 2 mV / o C . Then the voltage across the diode at 55o C , from (2.4), is
v 2 = 0.7 ( 2 10 3 )(55 25) = 0.64 V

EXAMPLE 2.3: ________________________________________________________ A silicon diode has a reverse saturation current of 10 10 16 A at 25o C . What is its reverse saturation current at a temperature of 55o C ? Solution: The reverse saturation current at a temperature of 55o C , from (2.5), is
I S (55o C) = 10 10 16 2 (5525 ) 10 = 80 10 16 A

EXAMPLE 2.4: Graphical Method ________________________________________ The circuit in Figure 2.10 has a resistance of 500 and the dc voltage source is 5 V. The voltage-current characteristic of the diode is given in Figure 2.11. Determine the operating point of the diode.

EXAMPLE 2.5: Iterative Technique________________________________________ Determine the current through and the voltage drop across the diode for the circuit given in Figure 2.10 using the iteration technique when VS = 24 V and R = 2 k . It is given that that the current in the diode is 1 mA when the voltage drop across it is 0.7V.

EXAMPLE 2.7: Constant Voltage Model _________________________________ Repeat Example 2.5 using the constant voltage model of a diode with the forward voltage drop of 0.7V. Compare the diode current and determine the percent error.

EXAMPLE 2.10: _____________________________________________________ Determine the state of each diode in Figure 2.19 using the ideal-diode model.

EXAMPLE 2.12: Full-wave Rectifier ______________________________________ An ideal 120/48-V, 60-Hz, step-down transformer is used for the full-wave rectification process. If the primary-winding voltage is v P ( t ) = 170 sin( t ) V and the load resistance is 20
, determine the peak-to-peak ripple voltage, dc power output, and the total power

dissipated by the resistor. Verify the rectification ratio and the power factor. Write an expression for the primary-winding current. Select a diode using a safety factor of 2.

EXAMPLE 2.17 : Zener diode with a resistance _____________________________ A 10-V, 5-mA, 8- zener is placed across the 2- k load resistor. If the controlling resistor R is 330- and the input voltage varies as shown in Figure 2.38, determine the minimum and maximum values of the output voltage.

Clipper Circuits ________________________________________________________

Application of clamping Circuit ___________________________________________

Small-signal Analysis ____________________________________________________

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