Assignment 1

1. Draw the output waveform for the bridge rectifier in figure below.

2. a certain voltage doubler has 20Vrms on its input. What is the output voltage? Draw
the circuit, indicating the output terminals and PIV rating for the diode?
3. If the peak output voltage of a bridge full wave rectifier is 50V, determine the
minimum value of the load resistance that can be used when a 1N4002 diodes are
used.
4. Explain in detail the working principle and their application of Zener diode, varactor
diode and optical diodes? Describe the difference between them?
5. Design a dc bias circuit for a 2N3904 operating from a collector supply voltage of
9 V and a base-bias voltage of 3 V that will supply 150 mA to a resistive load that
acts as the collector resistor. The circuit must not be in saturation. Assume the
minimum specified 𝛽𝐷𝐶 from the datasheet.
6. If a load resistance of 600 V is placed on the output of the amplifier in Figure shown
below, what are the maximum and minimum gains?