2.) a.)Consider a silicon diode with n =1.5. Find the change in voltage if the current changes from 0.

1mA to Solution: v/nVT i = Is e v1/nVT I =Is e 1 v2/nVT I = Is e 2 (v1 v2)nVT I /I = e 1 2 v 1v2 = nV ln(I /I ) T 1 2 here, VT= 25 mV = 1.5 x25 ln( 10/0.1) so change in the voltage will be v1 v2 = 172.7mV b.)A silicon junction diode with n =1 has v = 0.7 volts at i =1mA . Find the voltage drop at i =0.1mA i = 10mA. Solution: v v = nV ln(i /i ) 2 1 T 2 1 v = 0.7V 1 i = 1mA 1 and n =1 thus v = 0.7 +V ln(i ) 2 T 2 for i = 0.1mA 2 VT= 25 mV=0.025 volts v = 0.7 + 0.025ln(0.1) 2 v = 0.64 volts 2 For i = 10mA 2 v = 0.7 + 0.025ln(10) 2 v = 0.76volts 2

10mA.

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i =independent of voltage
r 0

also given V=1v at 20 C.

V= ir x 1M

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r

i X 1M
r 0

I =1A
Since Ir doubles for every 10 c Increase and decrease by half for 10 degree decrease.

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