EL – 124 Electronic Devices & Circuits

Experiment # 04

Investigate the characteristics of diode based clipper circuits.

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OBJECTIVES:
Investigate the characteristics of diode based clipper circuits.

REQUIRED APPARATUS:
 Power supply
 Oscilloscope
 Frequency Generator
 Digital multi-meter (DMM)
 Controls: Resistors, capacitor, diodes
Theory
A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a clipper.
Clipper is designed to prevent the output of a circuit from exceeding a
predetermined voltage level without distorting the remaining part of the
applied waveform. Clipping Circuits are also called as Slicers, amplitude
selectors or limiters. Clippers may be classified based on the
orientation(s) of the diode. The orientation decides which
half cycle is affected by the clipping action.

CLIPPING CIRCUIT:
A circuit which removes the peak of a waveform is known as a
clipper. Clipper is designed to prevent the output of a circuit from
exceeding a predetermined voltage level without distorting the
remaining part of the applied waveform. Clipping Circuits are also
called as Slicers, amplitude selectors or limiters. Clippers may be
classified based on the orientation(s) of the diode. The orientation
decides which half cycle is affected by the clipping action.

PROCEDURE:
Connect the circuit diagram shown in figure below and observe the
clipping phenomenon by varying the DC voltages
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OBSERVATION:
1. Draw observed waveform of the given circuit and mention its peak to peak and RMS value
of output voltage.

2. Now vary supply DC voltages 4V into 5V and

-2V into -3V. Draw waveform for this
configuration and mention its peak to peak and
RMS value of output voltage.

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 3. What changes do you observe by altering the supply DC voltages?

ANS) As we increase the input voltages of both +ve and –ve clipper the amplitude of both will

increased in output waveform.

RESULTS:

The amplitude of output waveform of positive and negative cycle can be controlled by using this clipper
circuit.
Conclusion
In this lab I concluded that to investigate the characteristics of diode based clipper circuits

Open-Ended Question: [Support your answer with Graph, formulae etc. if needed.]
Q. Simulate the positive, negative and parallel positive and negative diode clipper circuits on
PROTEUS/Multisim etc to verify theoretical concepts. Also attach your results?
CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS:
POSITIVE DIODE CLIPPER CIRCUIT:

NEGATIVE DIODE CLIPPER CIRCUIT:

PARALLEL POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE DIODE CLIPPER

CIRCUIT:

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