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Application of Diodes

Voltage Dropper
• When current passes through a diode, the voltage is
lowered by 0.6V (silicon).
• By placing a number of diodes in series, the total voltage
drop is the sum of the individual voltage drops of each
diode.
Voltage Regulator
• A steady output voltage equal to the
sum of the forward-biasing voltages of
the diodes.

• if D1,D2, and D3 are silicon diodes, the


voltage drop across each
• one will be 0.6 V;

• What is the Voltage applied to the


load (Vout) ?
• What is importance of R1 ?
Voltage-Multiplier Circuits
• Rectifier circuit that is capable of
producing a dc voltage that is
higher than the zero-to-peak
voltage of the ac source.

• The usual procedure is to use a


transformer to step up the voltage
before the rectifier stage, an
alternative approach is to use a
voltage multiplier circuit.

• How can you generate 3Vo and 4Vo


Half-Wave Rectifier
• The diode acts to convert an ac input
voltage into a pulsed dc output voltage.

• Whenever the voltage attempts to


swing negative at the anode, the diode
acts to block current flow, thus causing
the output voltage to go to zero.
• Only half the input waveform is
supplied to the output.

• The output peak voltage will be 0.6V


less than the peak voltage of Vin.
Full-Wave Bridge Rectifier
• Also called bridge rectifier.

• Unlike the half-wave rectifier, a full


wave rectifier does not merely block
negative swings in voltage but also
converts them into positive swings at
the output.

• There will be a 1.2-V drop from zero-


topeak input voltage to zero-to-peak
output voltage.

• The output frequency is twice the


input frequency
Look up more applications of diodes
• Look up more general • Biomedical application
Application
– Reverse-Polarity
Protector
– Transient Protector
– Full- wave center- tap
rectifier.
– DC/DC converters
– e.tc
Logic Gates: AND
The simples gates are AND and OR. They can be built from switches or using
the simplest form of electronic logic - diode logic.

A = 0 , B = 0  both diodes are forward biased  both diodes conduct out is LOW  0.

BCE Electronics1 Topic 7 - 8


Logic Gates: AND
The simples gates are AND and OR. They can be built from switches or using
the simplest form of electronic logic - diode logic.

A = 0 , B = 0  both diodes are forward biased  both diodes conduct out is LOW  0.

A = 0 , B = 1  DB is reverse biased  does not conduct,


DA is forward biased  conducts out is LOW  0.

BCE Electronics1 Topic 7 - 9


Logic Gates: AND
The simples gates are AND and OR. They can be built from switches or using
the simplest form of electronic logic - diode logic.

A = 0 , B = 0  both diodes are forward biased  both diodes conduct out is LOW  0.

A = 0 , B = 1  DB is reverse biased  does not conduct,


DA is forward biased  conducts out is LOW  0.

A = 1 , B = 0  DA is reverse biased  does not conduct,


DB is forward biased  conducts out is LOW  0.

BCE Electronics1 Topic 7 - 10


Logic Gates: AND
The simples gates are AND and OR. They can be built from switches or using
the simplest form of electronic logic - diode logic.

A = 0 , B = 0  both diodes are forward biased  both diodes conduct out is LOW  0.

A = 0 , B = 1  DB is reverse biased  does not conduct,


DA is forward biased  conducts out is LOW  0.

A = 1 , B = 0  DA is reverse biased  does not conduct,


DB is forward biased  conducts out is LOW  0.

A = 1 , B = 1  both diodes are reverse biased 


both the diodes do not conduct  out is HIGH  1.
BCE Electronics1 Topic 7 - 11
Logic Gates: OR

A = 0 , B = 0  both diodes are reverse biased  does not conduct out is LOW  0.

A = 0 , B = 1  DA is reverse biased  does not conduct,


DB is forward biased  conducts out is HIGH  1.

A = 1 , B = 0  DB is reverse biased  does not conduct,


DA is forward biased  conducts out is HIGH  1.

A = 1 , B = 1  both diodes are reverse biased 


both the diodes conduct  out is HIGH  1.
BCE Electronics1 Topic 7 - 12
Diode logic: AND and OR functions
Group Assignment
• Design and simulate a 5v, 2A phone charger
using diodes
• Write a brief report(2 pages max) explaining
how your charger works, Provide input and
out specifications, input and output graphs.
and it’s limitations
• Deadline: 26th-Sept.

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