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Laboratory Activity #1: Investigation of Diode Characteristics and Applications

I. OBJECTIVES
1. To determine experimentally and graph the volt-ampere characteristics of a
junction diode
2. To observe the effect of filter in half-wave rectifier circuit

II. COMPONENTS NEEDED

QTY Component Description

1 Potentiometer 1k Ω

1 Diode 1N4007

1 Resistor 220 Ω

1 Resistor 3kΩ

1 Capacitor 100 µF

1 Breadboard

1 9V DC Battery

1 Multimeter

1 Function Generator

III. METHODOLOGY
PART A
1. Implement the circuit in Figure 1.1 on breadboard.
2. By turning the knob of potentiometer from max. to min. with 10 steps, measure
the diode voltage VF and current IF. Record them in Table 1.1. Plot the diode forward
bias characteristic on Figure 1.5 with respect your measurement values.
3. Implement the circuit in Figure 1.2 on breadboard.
4. By turning the knob of potentiometer 1 from max. to min. with 10 steps,
measure the diode voltage VR and current IR. Record them in Table 1.2. Plot the
diode reverse bias characteristic on Figure 1.5 with respect your measurement
values.
5. According to your measured voltage and current values (VF, IF, VR, IR), calculate the
quality factor n and record them in Table 1.1 and Table 1.2.

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 PART B
1. Implement the circuit given in Figure 1.3.
2. Apply 1 kHz 5V sinusoidal signal as the input of the circuit.
3. Plot the output signal of the circuit to Figure 1.6 using oscilloscope.
4. Measure the DC voltage at the output of the circuit with a voltmeter and hold the
result in Table 1.3.
5. Install the capacitor as shown in Figure 1.4.
6. Plot the output signal of the circuit to Figure 1.7 using oscilloscope.
7. Measure the DC voltage at the output of the circuit with a voltmeter and hold the
result in Table 1.3.

IV. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

PART A

1.1 – Forward bias circuit

1.2 – Reverse bias circuit

PART B

Figure 1.3 – Unfiltered Half-Wave rectifier

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Figure 1.4 – Filtered Half-Wave rectifier

V. DATA AND RESULTS

PART A
TABLE 1.1 – Current-Voltage relationship Observation table for forward biased
diode

TABLE 1.2 – Current-Voltage relationship Observation table for reversed biased diode

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 Figure 1.5 – Current-Voltage axes grid for diode characteristics

Sample Computation for Quality Factor n:

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The National Engineering University
Alangilan Campus
Golden Country Homes, Alangilan Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines 4200
Tel Nos.: (+63 43) 425-0139 local 2121 / 2221
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PART B
Table 1.3 – DC output voltage levels observation table for different rectifier
Circuits

DC Output voltage level

Unfiltered Filtered
Calculated
Simulated

Figure 1.6 – Output signal of unfiltered half-wave rectifier circuit

Figure 1.7 – Output signal of filtered half-wave rectifier circuit

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VI. Learnings/Data Interpretation
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Alangilan Campus
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VII. Conclusion