This document contains an assignment for an analog electronics course covering topics on diodes and rectifiers. It includes 7 questions asking students to explain the characteristics and operation of a P-N junction diode, calculate the efficiency of a half-wave rectifier and explain what happens to unrectified power, prove the ripple factor formulas for half-wave and full-wave rectifiers, explain why a bridge rectifier is preferred over a center-tap rectifier, describe avalanche breakdown and the voltage regulating properties of a Zener diode, explain the working of a clamper circuit and its applications, and draw and explain the operation of positive and negative bias series clipper circuits and their applications. The assignment is due on September 23,
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Assignment -1 _Analog Electronics Btech EEE AND CSE 3rd Sem 2021.pdf
This document contains an assignment for an analog electronics course covering topics on diodes and rectifiers. It includes 7 questions asking students to explain the characteristics and operation of a P-N junction diode, calculate the efficiency of a half-wave rectifier and explain what happens to unrectified power, prove the ripple factor formulas for half-wave and full-wave rectifiers, explain why a bridge rectifier is preferred over a center-tap rectifier, describe avalanche breakdown and the voltage regulating properties of a Zener diode, explain the working of a clamper circuit and its applications, and draw and explain the operation of positive and negative bias series clipper circuits and their applications. The assignment is due on September 23,
This document contains an assignment for an analog electronics course covering topics on diodes and rectifiers. It includes 7 questions asking students to explain the characteristics and operation of a P-N junction diode, calculate the efficiency of a half-wave rectifier and explain what happens to unrectified power, prove the ripple factor formulas for half-wave and full-wave rectifiers, explain why a bridge rectifier is preferred over a center-tap rectifier, describe avalanche breakdown and the voltage regulating properties of a Zener diode, explain the working of a clamper circuit and its applications, and draw and explain the operation of positive and negative bias series clipper circuits and their applications. The assignment is due on September 23,
1. What is P-N Junction Diode? Explain its V-I Characteristics.
2. The applied input ac power to a half-wave rectifier is 100 watts. The dcoutput power obtained is 40 watts.(i) What is the rectification efficiency? (ii) What happens to remaining 60 watts? 3. Prove that the ripple factor of a half-wave rectifier is 1.21 and that of a full-wave rectifier is 0.482. 4. Explain why a bridge rectifier is preferred overcentre-tap rectifier? 5. What is avalanche breakdown? Draw VI characteristics of Zener diode and explain how a Zener regulates voltage. 6. Describe the working of clamper circuit with its application? 7. Draw a positive bias Series clipper and Negative bias Series Clipper circuit . Explain with its Working and application?