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Diode Characteristics and Applications

The document covers various topics related to electronic devices and circuits, focusing on diodes, including transition and diffusion capacitance, reverse recovery time, and Zener diodes. It also discusses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and their emission properties based on bandgap energy. Additionally, it addresses series diode configurations and their applications in circuit analysis.

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Diode Characteristics and Applications

The document covers various topics related to electronic devices and circuits, focusing on diodes, including transition and diffusion capacitance, reverse recovery time, and Zener diodes. It also discusses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and their emission properties based on bandgap energy. Additionally, it addresses series diode configurations and their applications in circuit analysis.

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EN-125 Electronic Devices and

Circuits
Dr. Syed Azhar Ali Zaidi
Assistant Professor
[Link]@[Link]

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Contents
• Transition and Diffusion Capacitance
• Reverse Recovery Time
• Diode Specification Sheet
• Zener Diode
• Light Emitting Diodes
• Load-Line Analysis
• Series Diode Configuration

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Transition and Diffusion Capacitance
• Every Electronic device is frequency
sensitive.
• In diode, the stray capacitance
(transition and diffusion capacitance)
effect its operation, especially, at high
frequencies of applied voltage.
• Two types of stray capacitance in
diode: Transition and Diffusion
• Transition capacitance has
predominant effect in reverse-bias
region, and the Diffusion capacitance
has predominant effect in forward-bias
region.
3
Reverse Recovery Time
• The time it takes for diode to go from
conducting to non-conducting state when
switches from forward biased state to reverse
bias.

4
Zener
Diode

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Light Emitting Diodes
• Gives off visible or invisible light when energized.
• High bandgap energy, which results in emission of
light due to recombination process within diode.
• The emitted energy equal to the bandgap energy
is given by

• where h is Planck’s constant = 6.626 x 10-34 J.s


and c is the speed of light = 3 x 108 m/s.
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LED
• High wavelength in the range of around 630 nm
results in Red LEDs, whereas, low wavelengths in
the range of around 470 nm results in Blue color
LEDs.

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Chapter 2 – Diode Applications

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Diode Approximate Model

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Series Diode Configuration
• Determine the current direction and replace the
diode with its approximate model or open circuit.

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Example 2.7

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