MFT00804 APPLIED PHYSICS

TUTORIAL 8

1. How is the electric field across the p-n junction?

2. Explain why the resistance of the p-n junction is low when forward bias and high when
reverse bias?
3. Why does the thickness of depletion region in a p-n junction diode increases with
increase in reverse bias?
4. When p-n junction is forward bias, then the motion of charges across the barrier is due
to _________ and when it is reverse bias then the motion of charge carriers ________.
5. To forward bias a diode, to which region must the positive terminal of a voltage source
to be connected?
6. Determine whether each diode in Figure 1 is forward bias or reverse bias.

Figure 1
7. Explain the use of p-n junction diode as full wave rectifier. Draw the input and output
waveforms.
8. A full wave p-n junction diode rectifier uses a load resistance 1300 ohm. The internal
resistance of each diode is 9 ohm, find the efficiency of this full wave rectifier.
9. In a half wave rectifier, the sine wave input is 200sin300t. The average value of output
voltage is?
10. A half rectifier is used to supply 50V d.c. to a resistive load of 800 ohm. The diode has
a resistance of 25 ohm. Calculate a.c. voltage required.