Half Wave Rectifier with Capacitor Filter: Half Wave Rectifier with Capacitor Filter - When a sinusoidal alternating voltage is rectified, the resultant waveform is a series of positive (or negative)…
Half Wave Rectifier Circuit: A basic diode Half Wave Rectifier Circuit is shown in Fig. 3-1(a). An alternating input voltage is applied to a single diode connected in series with…
Testing of Semiconductor Diode: There are Several methods are available for Testing of Semiconductor Diode, namely, Ohmmeter Tests: One of the simplest and quickest tests can be made using an ohmmeter…
AC Equivalent Circuit of Semiconductor Diode: Junction Capacitances - The depletion region of a pn-junction is a layer depleted of charge carriers situated between two blocks of low resistance material.…
Temperature Effect on Semiconductor Diode: Diode Power Dissipation - The power dissipation in a diode is simply calculated as the device terminal voltage multiplied by the current level. Device manufacturers…
DC Load Line Analysis of Semiconductor Diode: Figure 2-13(a) shows a DC Load Line Analysis of Semiconductor Diode in series with a 100 Ω resistance (R1) and a supply voltage (E).…
Diode Approximations: Diode Approximations - As we know already that, a diode is essentially a one-way device, offering a low resistance when forward biased, and a high resistance when biased…
Forward and Reverse Bias Characteristics of Diode: Figures 2-4 and 2-5 show typical Forward and Reverse Bias Characteristics of Diode for low-current silicon and germanium diodes. From the silicon diode…