East West University

Department of CSE
LAB REPORT
Course Code and Name:
CSE251 Electronic Circuits

Experiment no:
01
Experiment name:
I-V Characteristics and Modeling of Forward Conduction of a Diode

Semester and Year: GROUP NO:

2nd Year and 5th Semester

Name of Student: Course Instructor information:

Umme Fatema Tuz Sadia M Saddam Hossain Khan

Senior Lecturer,
Student Id:
Department of Computer Science and
Engineering
2020-1-60-076

Date of Report Submitted: Pre-

Lab
Marks:
08-08-2021 Post
Lab
Marks:
TOTAL
Marks:
ABSTRACT:

In this experiment, the objective is to study a forward biased diode with p-n junction. The
another objective of this experiment is to measure the I-V characteristics of forward conduction of a p-n
junction diode. This objective is significant because after conducting this lab we can learn how a p-n
junction model works in a forward biased diode. This will be helpful for learning I-V characteristics of a
p-n junction diode practically. To conduct this lab, we used PSpice simulation.

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this lab is to measure the I-V characteristics of forward conduction of a p-n
junction diode. The another objective of this experiment is to determine the models of forward
conduction of a p-n junction diode.

THEORY AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODS:

Figure 1:

Circuit set up to measure forward bias I-V characteristics of a diode.

Graph Vd VS ID1
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION:

Question Answer 1:

I-V characteristics of the p-n junction diode in forward conduction:

Question Answer 2:

30mA

(24.980,24.

(20.830,20.060m)
20mA

10mA

0A
0V 5V 10V 15V 20V 25V
I(D1)
V_Vs

We know,

Id = Is exp[Vd/nVt]

→ Is = Id/exp[Vd/nVt]

When Id = 2mA,

Is = 2mA/exp[5V/2×0.0259V]

= 2.403×10^-45A
 When Id = 2.5mA,

Is = 2.5mA/exp[5V/2×0.0259V]

= 3.003×10^-45A

Question Answer 3:

Cut in voltage is:

30mA

20mA

10mA

(509.740m,140.464u)

0A
0V 100mV 200mV 300mV 400mV 500mV 600mV 700mV 800mV
I(D1)
V(a)

Question Answer 4:

1/rD = (Id2 – Id1)/(Vd2 – Vd1)

= (2.5mA – 2mA)/(789.99mA – 765.341mA)

= 0.0203

rD = 49.298 ohm

Question Answer 5:

ID vs. VS plot is:

 5.0mA

2.5mA

0A
0V 0.5V 1.0V 1.5V 2.0V 2.5V 3.0V 3.5V 4.0V 4.5V 5.0V
I(D1)
V_Vs

VD vs. VS plot is :
1.0uV

0V

-1.0uV
0V 0.5V 1.0V 1.5V 2.0V 2.5V 3.0V 3.5V 4.0V 4.5V 5.0V
V(D1:2)
V_Vs

CONCLUSIONS:

As we used PSpice Simulation for getting the values so there is no error and we get
proper values. After conducting this lab, some theoretical and experimental values are different because
of manual calculation error. After conducting this lab we learnt the I-V characteristics of a p-n junction
and also learn how a p-n junction works in a forward diode. This will help us to build any circuit with
diode.

REFERENCES:

[1] Lab Manual.