Electronic Principles and Devices (MtE-205L)

Lab Report 05

Submitted by : Sameer Naeem

Registration No. 22PWMCT0820

Submitted to: Ma’am Nayyar Fazal

Dated : 6 November 2023

Department of Mechatronics Engineering, UET, Peshawar

 EXP NO: 5 Zener Diode Characteristics

Objectives:

 To study the characteristics of Zener diode.

 To study the voltage regulation in Zener diode regulation circuit.

Equipment:
Instruments

 DC power supply
 Function Generator
 Digital Multimeter (DMM)

Components

 Diode : Zener (10-V)

 Resistors: 0.1kΩ, 1kΩ(2 pcs), 3.3kΩ

Procedure:

Part A : Zener Diode Characteristics

1. I constructed the circuit of Fig. 4.1 and set the DC supply to 0 V and recorded the
measured value of R.
 + VR -
0.1k +
D C S upply E Zener VZ
-

Fig. 4.1

2. Then I set the DC supply (E) to the values appearing in Table 4.1 and measured both
VZ and VR. Then I calculated the Zener current, I Z using the Ohm’s law given in the
table and completed the table.
3. I ploted IZ versus VZ using the data in Table 4.1.

Part B : Zener Diode Regulation

1. For this, I constructed the circuit of Fig. 4.2 and recorded the measured value of each
resistor.
+ VR -
R=1k
+ +
Zener VZ VL
DC S upply E=15V RL=1k
- -
 Fig. 4.2

2. Then I measured the value of VL and VR. Using the measured values, I calculated the
value for current across R, IR, current across RL, IL, and current across the zener
diode, IZ.
3. Then I changed RL to 3.3 kΩ and repeated Step 2.

Results and Calculations:

Part A

1. R (measured) = 560 ohm__________

2.

E (V) 0 2 4.2 6.2 8.2 9.9

VZ (V) 0 0.7 1.2 1.6 1.9 2.2

VR (V) 0 1.3 3.1 4.5 6.1 7.7

 IZ = VR / Rmeas (mA) 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1

Table 4.1

Part B

1. R measured= ______560ohm_______ RL (measured) = __50k_________

2. VR (measured) = ____24.3_____, VL (measured) = 0.7____

IR = VR / R = _____0.043______, IL = VL / RL = _____0.014______,

IZ = IR – IL = _____0.029______

3. Change RL to 89kΩ.

RL (measured) = _____89kΩ__,

VR (measured) = ____23.2_____, VL (measured) = _1.68_______

IR = VR / R = ____3.83_____, IL = VL / RL = ____0.018_______,

IZ = IR – IL = __3.818_________