July 2012
Beginner
576 pages
9h 46m
English
Content preview from Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide with Projects
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Self-Test
The following questions test your understanding of this chapter. Use a separate sheet of paper for your diagrams or calculations. Compare your answers with the answers that follow the test.
1. Draw the circuit symbol for a diode, labeling each terminal. _____
2. What semiconductor materials are used in the manufacture of diodes? _____
3. Draw a circuit with a battery, a resistor, and a forward-biased diode. _____
4. What is the current through a reverse-biased perfect diode? _____
5. Draw a typical V-I curve of a forward-biased diode. Show the knee voltage. _____
6. What is the knee voltage for silicon? _____
Germanium? _____
7. In the circuit shown in Figure 2.36, VS = 10 volts and R = 100 ohms. Find the current through the diode, assuming a perfect diode. _____
8. Calculate question 7 using these values: VS = 3 volts and R = 1 kΩ. _____
9. In the circuit shown in Figure 2.37, find the current through the diode.
VS = 10 volts
R1 = 10 kΩ
R2 = 1 kΩ
_____
10. In the circuit shown in Figure 2.38, find the current through the zener diode.
VS = 20 volts
VZ = 10 volts
R1 = 1 kΩ
R2 = 2 kΩ
_____
11. If the supply voltage for ...
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