El deber 1 son las peguntas de repaso 3-6, 8, 11-13, y 22, y los problemas 4, 8, 11, y 19, del

capítulo 29 Diode Types and Operation, del libro Contemporary Electronics.

El deber debe ser hecho a mano. No es necesario copiar el enunciado. En el caso de respuestas
múltiples, sólo debe copiar la respuesta correcta.

3. What kind of a device is a diode?

a. Bilateral.
b. Linear.
c. Nonlinear.
d. Unipolar.

4. How is a nonconducting diode biased?

a. Forward.
b. Inverse.
c. Poorly.
d. Reverse.

5. When the diode current is large, the bias is

a. forward.
b. inverse.
c. poor.
d. reverse.

6. The knee voltage of a diode is approximately equal to the

a. applied voltage.
b. barrier potential.
c. breakdown voltage.
d. forward voltage.

8. How much voltage is there across the second approximation of a silicon diode when it is
forward-biased?
a. 0 V.
b. 0.3 V.
c. 0.7 V.
d. 1 V.

11. What is true about the breakdown voltage in a zenerdiode?

a. It decreases when current increases.
b. It destroys the diode.
c. It equals the current times the resistance.
d. It is approximately constant.

12. Which of these is the best description of a zener diode?

a. It is a rectifi er diode.
b. It is a constant-voltage device.
c. It is a constant-current device.
d. It works in the forward region.

13. A zener diode

a. is a battery.
b. has a constant voltage in the breakdown region.
c. has a barrier potential of 1 V.
d. is forward-biased.
22. At high frequencies, ordinary diodes don’t work properly because of
a. forward bias.
b. reverse bias.
c. breakdown.
d. charge storage.

SECTION 29.2 The Ideal Diode

29.4 In Fig. 29-32a, calculate the load current, load voltage, load power, diode power, and total
power.

SECTION 29.3 The Second and Third

Approximations
29.8 In Fig. 29-32a, calculate the load current, load voltage, load power, diode power, and total
power.

SECTION 29.7 The Zener Diode

29.11 An unloaded zener regulator has a source voltage of 24 V, a series resistance of 470 _,
and a zener voltage of 15 V. What is the zener current?
29.11 Un regulador Zener descargado tiene una fuente de voltaje de 24 V, una
resistencia en serie de 470 _ y un voltaje Zener de 15 V. ¿Cuál es la corriente
Zener?

SECTION 29.10 Optoelectronic Devices

29.19 What is the current through the LED of

Fig. 29-34?

El deber 2 son las preguntas de repaso 9, 10, 14, 15, 18 y 19, y los problemas 1, 7 y 9 del
capítulo 30 Power Supply Circuits, del libro Contemporary Electronics.

9. Suppose line voltage may be as low as 105 V rms or as high as 125 rms in a half-wave
rectifyer. With a 5 : 1 step-down transformer, the minimum peak load voltage is closest to
a. 21 V.
b. 25 V.
c. 29.7 V.
d. 35.4 V.
10. The voltage out of a bridge rectifier is a
a. half-wave signal.
b. full-wave signal.
c. bridge-rectified signal.
d. sine wave.

14. With a full-wave rectified voltage across the load resistor, load current fl ows for what part of a
cycle?
a. 0°.
b. 90°.
c. 180°.
d. 360°.

15. What is the peak load voltage out of a bridge rectifier for a secondary voltage of 12.6 V rms?
(Use second approximation.)
a. 7.5 V.
b. 16.4 V.
c. 17.8 V.
d. 19.2 V.

18. With the same secondary voltage and filter, which has the most ripple?
a. Half-wave rectifier.
b. Full-wave rectifier.
c. Bridge rectifier.
d. Impossible to say.

19. With the same secondary voltage and filter, which produces the least load voltage?
a. Half-wave rectifier.
b. Full-wave rectifier.
c. Bridge rectifier.
d. Impossible to say.

SECTION 30.2 The Half-Wave Rectifier

30.1 What is the peak output voltage in Fig. 30-24a using the second approximation of a diode?
The average value? The dc value? Sketch the output waveform.
SECTION 30.5 The Bridge Rectifier
30.7 In Fig. 30-27, what is the peak output voltage if the diodes are ideal? The average value?
The dc value? Sketch the output waveform.

SECTION 30.6 Power Supply Filtering

30.9 In Fig. 30-28, calculate the dc output voltage and ripple.

Estimados alumnos:
La lectura 2 son los temas 30.1 - 30.6 del libro Contemporary Electronics. En las secciones 2.6,
2.7, 15.1 y 15.3 del libro Electrónica de Boylestad podrán hallar información paralela en español.

Atentamente,
Eloy Moncayo