Name: Pallavi Verma

Reg. No.: 19BEC0555

Date- 17 August’20

Experiment-03
Title: Clipper Circuit

Objective:
[To understand the wave shaping abilities of diode and to observe the response of clipper circuit. ]

Design a clipper circuit to clip off the portion of an input voltage that falls above 9 V or below -5 V. Use 1N4002
diodes which has a voltage drop of approximately 0.7 V. V1 = 9 - 0.7 = 8.3 V, V2 = 5 - 0.7 = 4.3 V. The input is a
sine wave of 16 V amplitude and 60 Hz frequency. R1 = 1K to limit the forward diode current. Use transient
analysis with a final time of 33.33 ms and a step ceiling of 0.01ms. Plot the input and output voltage
waveform. On a separate graph obtain plot the transfer characteristic Vo versus Vin.

Software Used:

Orcad PSPICE. SPICE is an acronym for a Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis. It was
developed in the Electronics Research Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. SPICE is a computer
aided simulation program that simulates electric circuits. This program is capable of simulating analog and
digital circuits, nonlinear circuits, and transmission lines .

COMPONENTS REQUIRED (in PSPICE Simulation Software):

1. Sine Voltage with Amplitude= 16V and Frequency= 60Hz
2. Resistor 1kΩ
3. Rectifier Diodes 1N4002 (2)
4. Bread board and wires for connection
5. DC Voltage source (2)

Theory:

Clippers are networks that employ diodes to “‘clip” away a portion of an input signal without
distorting the remaining part of the applied waveform. Depending on the orientation of the diode,
the positive or negative region of the applied signal is “clipped” off. There are two general
categories of clippers: Series and Parallel. The series configuration is defined as one where the
diode is in series with the load, whereas the parallel variety has the diode in a branch parallel to
the load. The addition of a DC supply to the network can have a pronounced effect on the
analysis of both series and parallel clipper configurations. The response is not as obvious
because the DC supply can aid or work against the source voltage, and the DC supply can be in
the leg between the supply and the output or in the branch parallel to the output.

Circuit Diagram:
 R 1

3 6 .9 0 p A
1k

1 4 .3 1 n A
0V D1 V2

1 4 . 3 5Dn 1A N 4 0 0 2
4 .3 V

3 6V .39 0 p A
VOFF = 0
VAM PL = 16 8 .3 0 0 V
F R EQ = 60 4 .3 0 0 V

V1
8 .3 V 1 4 .3 1 n A
D 2

1 4 .3 5 n A D 1N 4002

0V
0

Results:
Observation:
Thus, the complete AC output is limited to the range of 9V to -5V (above zero and below zero, respectively)
using the clipper circuit.