PEN156

EXPERIMENT 5

Tungsten Filament Bulb and Semiconductor Diode

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Dr. N. Yıldırım Giraz, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Y. Moğulkoç, Assoc. Prof. Dr. F. Bağcı
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CALCULATIONS AND RESULTS:

Section 1

Table 5.1. Tungsten filament bulb

Power supply output RL (Ω)

ε (V) Voltage on the bulb V2 (V) IL (mA)
voltage V1 (V)
1 1.0 0.25 0.0075 33.3

2 2.0 0.74 0.0126 58.7

3 3.0 1.33 0.0167 79.6

4 4.0 1.97 0.0203 97.1

5 5.0 2.68 0.0232 115.5

6 6.0 3.34 0.0266 125.6

7 7.0 4.08 0.0292 139.7

8 8.0 4.81 0.0319 150.8

9 9.0 5.49 0.0351 156.0

10 10.0 6.22 0.0378 164.6

 Using the measured voltage values, calculate the main current of the circuit (IL) and
the resistance of the lamp (RL) for 10 different output voltages and record the data to
Table 6.1.

There are two equations to obtain the main current and tungsten resistance.

𝑉2 − 𝑉1
𝐼L = (6.1)
𝑅

𝑉2
𝑅L = (6.2)
𝐼

Dr. N. Yıldırım Giraz, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Y. Moğulkoç, Assoc. Prof. Dr. F. Bağcı
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Section 2

Table 5.2. Semiconductor diode

Forward Bias Reverse Bias

Power supply
Voltage on the ID RD ID RD
ε (V) output voltage
Diode V2 (V)
V2 (V)
V1 (V)
(mA) (Ω) (mA) (Ω)

1 1.0 0.61 1.00 0 ∞

2 2.0 0.67 1.99 0 ∞

3 3.0 0.69 3.01 0 ∞

4 4.0 0.70 3.99 0 ∞

5 5.0 0.72 5.00 0 ∞

6 6.0 0.72 5.99 0 ∞

7 7.0 0.73 6.99 0 ∞

8 8.0 0.74 8.01 0 ∞

9 9.0 0.74 8.98 0 ∞

10 10.0 0.75 9.98 0 ∞

 Using the measured voltage values, calculate the main current of the circuit (ID) and
the resistance of the diode (RD) for 10 different output voltages and record the data to
Table 6.2.

𝑉2 − 𝑉1
𝐼D = (6.3)
𝑅
𝑉2
𝑅D = (6.4)
𝐼

1)
For Section 1, Plot the I-V2 and evaluate whether the tungsten filament bulb is an ohmic
circuit device or a non-ohmic circuit device.
2)
For Section 2, Plot the I-V2 and evaluate whether the diode is an ohmic circuit device or a
non-ohmic circuit device.

Dr. N. Yıldırım Giraz, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Y. Moğulkoç, Assoc. Prof. Dr. F. Bağcı
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Note: Please attach your graphs at the end of this document.

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