Lecture 3: Ideal Diode and its

Applications

Dr. Mohamed Refky Amin

Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering Department (EECE)
Cairo University
aero.eng.cu@gmail.com
http://scholar.cu.edu.eg/refky/
 OUTLINE
• Ideal diode
• Applications of ideal diode

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 The Ideal Diode

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Half Wave Rectifier

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Half Wave Rectifier

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Full-Wave Rectifier (Bridge Rectifier)

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Full-Wave Rectifier (Bridge Rectifier)

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Rectifier with a Filter Capacitor (The
Peak Rectifier)

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Rectifier with a Filter Capacitor (The
Peak Rectifier)

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Rectifier with a Filter Capacitor (The
Peak Rectifier)
From the resistor

From the capacitor

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Rectifier with a Filter Capacitor (The
Peak Rectifier)
Period of the input

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Rectifier with a Filter Capacitor (The
Peak Rectifier)

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Rectifier with a Filter Capacitor (The
Peak Rectifier)

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Rectifier with a Filter Capacitor (The
Peak Rectifier)

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Diode Logic Gates

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Diode Logic Gates

0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 1 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 1 1
1 1 0 1
1 1 1 1

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Diode Logic Gates

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 Applications of Ideal Diode
Diode Logic Gates

0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 1 1 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 1 0
1 1 0 0
1 1 1 1

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