ELEC 11513

Basic Electronics

Lecture 2

Diodes & Their Applications

Aruna Ranaweera
2021 – 07 – 31
Diodes

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Diode
 a two-terminal semiconductor device
 two doped regions of silicon (semiconducting
material) separated by a pn junction.
 The most common category of diode  general-
purpose diode (covered in this class)

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Basic Structure & Symbol

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Package & Pinout
through-hole mounted diodes

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Package & Pinout
Surface Mounted Devices (SMD)

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Biasing a Diode

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Forward Bias

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Reverse Bias

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Effect of Bias on the Depletion Region

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Test a Diode with DMM

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Test a Diode with DMM

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Voltage – Current Characteristics

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Diode VI Characteristics

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DC or Static Resistance

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Dynamic Resistance

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Effect of Temperature for VI Characteristics

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Diode Forward Current

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Diode Models – Ideal Diode

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Diode Model – Practical Model

For analyzing most of the circuits, this model is fair enough.

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Complete Diode Model

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Example - 1

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Example - 2

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Diode Circuit Analysis

DC load line of a Diode

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Example - 3
Determine the current in each branch

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Diode Data Sheet

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Diode Classification – Based on Application
 General Purpose Diodes
 Rectifier Diodes (in DC power supply)
 Zener Diodes
 Photo Diode
 Light Emitting Diode (LED)
 Laser Diodes
 PIN Diodes
 Quantum Dots
 Switching Diodes
 Varactor Diodes
 Laser Diode
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Diode Classification Ctd.
 Schottky Diode
 Schokley Diode
 Step Recovery Diode
 Fast Recovery Diode
 Tunnel Diode
 Gunn Diode
 Current Regulation Diode
 Barrett Diode
 Transient Voltage
Suppression Diode
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 Gold Doped Diodes
 Super Barrier Diodes
 Peltier Diode
 Crystal Diode
 Avalanche Diode
 Vacuum Diodes
 Small Signal Diodes/Large
Signal Diodes
 Backward Diode
 Point Contact Diodes
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Next Class
 Rectification

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