Analog Design

Diode Application

Minh Thuy LE
Department of Instrumentation and Industrial Informatics (3I),
School of Electrical Engineering (SEE),
Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam

thuy.leminh@hust.edu.vn

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Contents
1. Diode Characteristic Review Nguyen ly cua Diode
2. Principle of Rectifier Nguyen tac chinh luu
3. Voltage limiting using diode Gioi han voltage khi su dung diode
4. Voltage multiplier using diode
5. Practice exercises

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Diode Characteristic Review
• Electrical Characteristics of Diode

o The most common and important application of a

diode is in rectifier.
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Principle of Rectifier Nguyen tac chinh luu

• Rectifier – electrical deivice that converts alternating

current (AC), which periodically reverses direction to
direct current (DC)
• Two types of rectifier:
o Half Wave Rectifier Chinh luu nua song

o Full Wave Rectifier Chinh luu ca song

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Half-wave rectifier
• Half-wave rectifier
o Only uses one diode for transformation

o Allows only one-half cycle of an AC voltage

waveform to pass while blocking the other half
cycle

• 𝑉𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 𝑉𝑖𝑛 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑉𝑖𝑛 > 0𝑉

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Full-wave rectifier
• Center Tapped Full-wave rectifier using 2 diodes tai cuon thu
cap cua may bien ap

o Uses two diodes connected to the secondary of a

center-tapped transformer

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Full-wave rectifier
• Center Tapped Full-wave Rectifier Operation

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Full-wave rectifier
• Center Tapped Full-wave rectifier Peak Inverse
Voltage (PIV)

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Full-wave rectifier
• Diode Bridge Rectifier
o There are only two diodes conducting current
during each half of the cycle. The other two are
reverse biased

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Full-wave rectifier
• Diode Bridge Rectifier

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Full-wave rectifier
• Diode Bridge Rectifier

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Full-wave rectifier
• Diode Bridge Rectifier PIV
o Ideal Diode: 𝑉𝑃 𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 𝑉𝑝 𝑠𝑒𝑐

o Peak Inverse Voltage: PIV= 𝑉𝑃 (𝑜𝑢𝑡)

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Full-wave rectifier
• Diode Bridge Rectifier PIV
o For Non-Ideal Diode

o Peak Inverse Voltage: PIV= 𝑉𝑃 𝑜𝑢𝑡 + 0.7

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Voltage limiting using diode
• Limiting the positive alternation

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Voltage limiting using diode
• Limiting the negative alternation

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Voltage limiting using diode
• Limiting voltage with correction

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Voltage multiplier using diode
oConsider that every diode is ideal:

VC1 − VC 2 + V p = 0
VC 2 = VC1 + V p
VC 2 = V p + V p = 2V p

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Practice Excercises
Ex1: The following figure shows a zener diode regulator
designed to hold 10 V at the output. Assume the zener
impedance is zero and the zener current ranges from 4
mA minimum (IZK) to 40 mA maximum (IZM). What are
the minimum and maximum input voltages for these
currents?

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Practice Excercises
Ex2: For the circuit shown below, please calculate the
output voltage Vo and the current through D2. Assume
that D1 and D2 have VD.on = 0.7 V.

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Practice Excercises
Ex3: For the circuit shown below
E = 20Vdc, R1 = 5.6kΩ, R2 = 4.7kΩ,
D1, D2 have VD.on = 0.7 V.
Please calculate I1, I2, I3.

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Practice Excercises
Ex4: In the circuit shown below, V1 is a 50-Hz AC voltage
source. D1 has VD.on = 0.7 V. D2 has zener voltage of 5.6 V.
R1 = 1kΩ, R2 = 4kΩ. Please calculate and plot the current
vs. time of the current through R2 in 2 cases:
V1 has a amplitude of 5V
V1 has a amplitude of 10V

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