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The document contains tutorial problems about ideal diodes, diode models, diode circuits including Zener diodes, and various rectifier circuits. It includes questions about calculating currents and voltages in circuits containing diodes, analyzing the voltage transfer characteristics and input/output waveforms of rectifier circuits, and designing Zener diode regulator circuits. Solutions are not provided.

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Diode Tutorials

The document contains tutorial problems about ideal diodes, diode models, diode circuits including Zener diodes, and various rectifier circuits. It includes questions about calculating currents and voltages in circuits containing diodes, analyzing the voltage transfer characteristics and input/output waveforms of rectifier circuits, and designing Zener diode regulator circuits. Solutions are not provided.

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DIODE TUTORIALS

Ideal Diodes

1. What is the current through the diode and the voltage across the diode for the
following two circuits?
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2. What is the output voltage for the following circuit?

3. What is the voltage across the diode?

4. What is the voltage transfer characteristic ( vo vs. vi )?


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5. For the following circuit, if vs is a sinusoid with 24-V peak amplitude, find the

fraction of each cycle during which the diode conducts. Find the peak value of the
diode current and the maximum reverse-bias voltage that appears across the
diode.
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6. Analyze the following circuits assuming that the voltages are either 0V or 5V.
What logic functions do they perform?
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7. Find I and V in the following circuits.


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8. Find the values of I and V in the following circuits.

9. Find the values of I and V in the following circuits.


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Diode Models
1. Determine the current I D and the diode voltage VD for the following circuit with

VDD = 5 V and R = 1 k Ω . Assume that the diode has a current of 1 mA at a voltage


of .7 V and that its voltage drop changes by .1 V for every decade of change in
current.

2. Repeat Problem 1 using the piecewise linear model assuming


VD 0 = 0.65V and rD = 20Ω

3. Repeat Problem 1 using the constant voltage drop model.


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Diode Circuits & Zener Diodes


1. Design the following circuit to provide an output voltage of 2.4V. Assume the
diodes have a current of 1 mA at a voltage of .7 V and that its voltage drop
changes by .1 V for every decade of change in current

2. Consider the following circuit. What is the percentage change in the regulated
voltage caused by (a) a 10% change in the power-supply voltage and (b)
connection of a 1k load resistance?
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3. A 6.8-V Zener diode in the circuit below is specified to have Vz=6.8V at


Iz=5mA, rz=20 ohms, and Izk=0.2mA. The supply voltage is nominally 10V but
can vary by +/- 1V.

a. Find Vo with no load and with V+ at its nominal value.

b. Find the change in Vo resulting from the +/-1V change in V+. Note that
(Vo/ V+), usually expressed in mV/V, is known as line regulation.
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c. Find the change in Vo resulting from connecting a load resistance RL that


draws a current IL of 1mA, and hence find the load regulation (∆Vo/∆ IL),
in mV/mA.

d. Find the change in VO when RL = 2k Ω


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e. Find the change in VO when RL = 0.5k Ω

f. What is the minimum value of RL for which the diode still operates in the
breakdown region?
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Rectifiers

1. For the circuit below (Half-Wave Rectifier),

Draw the piecewise-linear model circuit.

Draw the i-v transfer characteristic.

Draw the input and output waveforms.

What is the Peak-Inverse Voltage (PIV) across the diode?


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2. For the circuit below (Full-Wave Rectifier), use the constant-voltage drop model.

Draw the i-v transfer characteristic.

Draw the input and output waveforms.

What is the Peak-Inverse Voltage (PIV) across the diodes?


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3. For the circuit below (Bridge Rectifier), use the constant-voltage drop model.

Draw the i-v transfer characteristic.

Draw the input and output waveforms.

What is the Peak-Inverse Voltage (PIV) across the diode?


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4. For the circuit below (Peak Rectifier), use the constant-voltage drop model.

Draw the input and output waveforms.

5. For the circuit below (Half-Wave Peak Rectifier with Load), use the constant-
voltage drop model.

Draw the input and output waveforms.

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