Electronics and Lab

MARIA GUADALUPE DEL ROCIO HERRERA SALAZAR

maria.herrera@profesores.uiwbajio.mx
 WEEK 1

Semiconductors
and Diodes
Semiconductors and Diodes
• 1.1 Semiconductors
• 1.2 Ideal Diode
• 1.3 Resistance levels
• 1.4 Models and analysis of direct current circuit (DC).
• 1.5 Analysis of alternating current circuit (AC).
• 1.6 Types of diodes.
 SILICON DIOXIDE
SILICON

SILICON QUARTZ
 SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL

Image from https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/diode/diode_1.html

 SEMICONDUCTOR
DEVICES

• Solid-state era (miniaturization).

Images from Tezzaron® website.

 IDEAL DIODE What is a diode?

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 • First Electronic device.
Diode • The simplest of semiconductor devices.
Resistance at the point or region of operation

• Forward resistance, RF.

• Reverse resistance, RR

Figure from “Electronic devices and circuit

theory” book by Robert Boylestad and
Louis Nashelsky, seventh edition.
Ideal diode

Figure from “Electronic devices and circuit theory” book by Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, seventh edition.
IDEAL VS COMMERCIAL DIODES
• How close will the forward or “on” resistance of a practical diode
compare with the desired 0- level?

• Is the reverse-bias resistance sufficiently large to permit an open-

circuit approximation?
Activity by team

1) Create a team (3 teams of 3 people and 1 of 4 people).

2) Search for the datasheet of the diode shown in next slide.

3) Create a creative slide that shows the most important information to

know for its use of this diode.

Activity time: 15 minutes.

1N4004 Diode
CONDUCTIVITY

Table from “Electronic devices and circuit theory” book by Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, seventh edition.

CONDUCTOR
INSULATOR
SEMICONDUCTOR
Figure from “Electronic devices and circuit theory” book by Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, seventh edition.

CONDUCTIVITY
Extrinsic Materials n- and p-type
• Impurity atoms
According to Boylestad and Nashelsky “A semiconductor material that
has been subjected to the doping process is called an extrinsic
material”

Figures from “Electronic devices and circuit theory” book by Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky, seventh edition.
Explanation VIDEO
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btOIDQeMrMg
Homework
• Explain briefly with your own words how 1N4004 diode works
according to our literature book.