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ECE 25X Electronics 1 - Diode Types

The document provides an overview of diodes, including their types such as general-purpose, Zener, Schottky, LED, photodiode, tunnel, Gunn, and varactor diodes, along with their specifications and applications. It also covers fundamental concepts like load-line analysis and equivalent circuits for analyzing diode networks. The document includes examples and exercises for practical understanding of diode configurations.

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ECE 25X Electronics 1 - Diode Types

The document provides an overview of diodes, including their types such as general-purpose, Zener, Schottky, LED, photodiode, tunnel, Gunn, and varactor diodes, along with their specifications and applications. It also covers fundamental concepts like load-line analysis and equivalent circuits for analyzing diode networks. The document includes examples and exercises for practical understanding of diode configurations.

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Diodes Types and

Applications
Fundamental Electronics
Jefrancis Concepcion

2/21/25
Previous Lessons
• Review concepts of Semiconductor
• Holes and Electrons
• PN junction
• Diode Operation and its characteristics

Introduction to Electronics 2
Lesson Objectives
• Understand the concept of
load-line analysis and how
it is applied to diode
networks.
• Become familiar with the
use of equivalent circuits to
analyze series, parallel,
and series-parallel diode
networks.
• Become familiar with the
analysis of and the range of
applications of diodes

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Diode Specification
• Bias voltage / Forward voltage VF
• Maximum forward current IF
• Reverse-voltage rating (PIV, Breakdown Voltage)
• maximum power dissipation
• Capacitance
• Reverse recovery time

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Diode
TYPES
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General Purpose Diodes
• is a type of semiconductor device that allows
current to flow in only one direction.

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Zener Diodes
is designed to operate in the reverse breakdown
region, where the voltage across the diode is greater
than the breakdown voltage, also known as the
“Zener voltage”.

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Schottky diode
low forward voltage drop than ordinary silicon PN
junction diode.

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Light Emitting Diode (LED)
is a type of semiconductor diode that emits light
when an electric current passes through it.

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Photodiode
is a semiconductor device that converts light into electrical current.
It operates based on the principle of the photoelectric effect,
where light photons interact with the semiconductor material,
generating electron-hole pairs

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Tunnel diode
is a semiconductor diode with heavily doped p-type and n-
type materials, resulting in a narrow, highly conductive p-n
junction and a thin depletion region.

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Gunn diode
is a semiconductor device that exhibits negative
differential resistance due to the Gunn effect.

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Varactor diode
is a specialized semiconductor diode designed to take
advantage of its variable capacitance property in
reverse bias.

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How
Diodes are
USED?

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Simplest Diode Configuration
• Consider the circuit below
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝐹𝑂𝑅𝑊𝐴𝑅𝐷

Type equation here.

+𝐸 − 𝑉! − 𝑉" = 0

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𝐸 = 𝑉! + 𝑉" → 𝑉 = 𝐼𝑅
𝐸 = 𝑉! + 𝐼! ×𝑅

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Simplest Diode Configuration
• Consider the circuit below
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑅𝐸𝑉𝐸𝑅𝑆𝐸 𝐵𝐼𝐴𝑆

Type equation here.

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Example 1
Consider the diode circuit below. Solve for the following:
1. VR
2. ID

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Example 2
Consider the diode circuit below. Solve for the following:
1. Vo ,VD1 ,VD2
2. ID

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How do we call this configuration?

This is called
Series Configuration
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Seatwork
Consider the series diode configuration circuit below. Solve for the following:
1. V1 ,V2 ,Vo
2. I

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Parallel Diode
• Consider the circuit below

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Series-Parallel Diode
• Consider the circuit below

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