Practical Application

of
Diodes

Display

Some of the primary concerns of using

electric light bulbs in exit signs are their
limited lifetime (requiring frequent
replacement); their sensitivity to heat, fire,
and so on; their durability factor when
catastrophic accidents occur; and their high
voltage and power requirements. For this
reason LEDs are often used to provide the
longer life span, higher durability levels, and
lower demand voltage and power levels
(especially when the reserve dc battery

if one of the LEDs should burn out and open

up, the entire section will turn off. However,
this situation can be improved by simply
placing parallel LEDs between every two
points. Lose one, and you will still have the
other parallel path. Parallel diodes will, of
course, reduce the current through each
LED, but two at a lower level of current can
have a luminescence similar to one at twice
the current. Even though the applied voltage
is ac, which means that the diodes will turn

Polarity Detector

Through the use of

LEDs of different
colors, the simple
network of Fig.
2.140 can be used
to check the polarity
at any point in a dc
network. When the
polarity is as
indicated for the
applied 6 V, the top

Setting Voltage Reference

Levels

diodes and Zeners

can be used to set
reference levels as
shown in Figure. The
net-work, through the
use of two diodes
and one Zener diode,
is providing three
different voltage
levels.

Controlled BatteryPowered Backup

In numerous situations a system should

have a backup power source to ensure that
the system will still be operational in case of
a loss of power. This is especially true of
security systems and lighting systems that
must turn on during a power failure. It is also
important when a system such as a
computer or a radio is disconnected from its
ac-to-dc power con- version source to a
portable mode for traveling. In Fig. 2 .139
the 12-V car radio operating off the 12-V dc

Rectification

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