ESc201 : Introduction to Electronics

Shilpi Gupta
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT Kanpur

Feb 13, 2017

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 Announcements

1. Major Quiz tomorrow (Feb 14, Tuesday): 5:10 pm onwards in

respective tutorial rooms.

2. Mobile phones not allowed. Bring calculators.

3. Assignment-5 solutions posted on course website.

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Recap: Diode Models

Simplicity
Accuracy

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Recap: Comparison of Full and Half Wave Rectifier

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Bridge Rectifier

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Power supply using full wave Bridge Rectifier

D4
D1

RL
VS VO

D3
D2

Ripple is smaller in full wave rectifier

based power supply 7
Peak Inverse Voltage

Vm

- +

PIV V0 V Vm V
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Full wave Rectifier Bridge Rectifier

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Zener Diode A diode specially designed to operate in

Off State I

|VZ|

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Model

Example

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Zener diode: Important Characteristics

|VZ|

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Voltage Reference Circuit

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Power supply with regulator

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Zener diode as Voltage Regulator

N1 N2 Ri
VO

D1 C RL
VS

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Voltage Reference Circuit

Design Problem: Determine Ri and zener diode specifications

such that output voltage is +12 V and ratio of maximum to
minimum zener current is 10. The input voltage may vary
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between 18 to 15.5V. RL = 108 .
Design Equations

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Design Problem contd.: Determine Ri and zener diode
specifications such that output voltage is +12V and ratio of
maximum to minimum zener current is 10. The input voltage may
vary between 18 to 15.5V. RL = 108 .

Ri
VL
II +
VPS IZ VZ IL RL
-
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VPS

VL

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Amplifiers

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Objective

1. Learn ideal Transistor characteristics required for Voltage

Amplification

2. Learn to build amplifiers using elements which have non-ideal

characteristics.

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Voltage Amplification

3-terminal unilateral linear device

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 I1 I0
+ + (Ideally large)
Vi V0
- - Trans conductance

(Ideally large)

(Ideally small) 25
Voltage Amplifier

RS
v0
+
Ri g m vi
vS vi rO RL
-

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Necessary Condition for Voltage Amplifications 27