Lab # 2 Current-Voltage characteristics of a PN

junction diode and Diode Logic Gates

Name: Malaika Afzal (FA21-BEE-077)

Khan Abdul Moiz (FA21-BEE-071)
Laiba Eman (FA21-BEE-072)
Class: BEE-3B

Date: 29th September 2022

Submitted to: Dr. Ali Arshad

OBJECTIVES
 To examine the forward biased characteristics of a silicon diode
 To examine the reverse biased characteristics of a silicon diode and study its
Application as Diode logic Gate
EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
 0-15 V dc power supply
 1 K ohm resistor
 Breadboard
 1N914 Silicon diode
 Digital Multimeter

IN-LAB SECTION 1:
Voltage across Diode
Input Voltage Diode Voltage 1K ohm Forward
resistor Current
0.1V 180mV 0 0
0.2V 305.9mV 0.4V 0
0.3V 371.9mV 4.4mV 0
0.4V 0.4V 26mV 0
0.5V 0.43V 78.3mV 0.1mA
0.6V 0.46V 212mV 0.1mA
0.7V 0.48V 303mV 0.2mA
0.8V 0.497V 380.7mV 0.3mA
0.9V 0.5V 0.4V 0.4mA
1V 0.513V 0.613V 0.5mA
2V 0.512V 1.5V 1.4mA
3V 0.65V 2.6V 2.4mA
4V 0.61V 3.5V 3.3mA
5V 0.6V 4.5V 4.3mA
6V 0.63V 5.6V 5.3mA
7V 0.64V 6.5V 6.4mA
8V 0.65V 7.5V 7.2mA
9V 0.66V 8.6V 8.4mA
10V 0.66V 9.5V 9.3mA
DATA FOR EXPERIMENT 1

IN-LAB SECTION 2
2 INPUT OR GATE
 Voltage Truth Table of the OR Gate
 Va(Volts) Vb(Volts) Vy(Volts)
0 0 0
0 5 5
5 0 5
5 5 5

 Logic Truth Table of the OR Gate

A B Y
0 0 0
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 1

 TABLE
State of DA State of DB Vy Volt Vy Volt
S0 S1 (ON/OFF) (ON/OFF) with LED without
LED
0 0 Off Off 0V 0V
0 5 Off On 1.8V 3.8V
5 0 On Off 1.83V 3.8V
5 5 On On 1.87V 4.1V

2 INPUT AND GATE

 Voltage Truth Table of the AND Gate

Va (Volts) Vb (Volts) Vy (Volts)

0 0 0
0 5 0
5 0 0
5 5 5
 Logic Truth Table of the AND Gate

A B Y
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1

 TABLE
State of DA State of DB Vy(Volts) Vy(Volts)
S0 S1 (ON/OFF) (ON/OFF) with LED without
LED
0 0 Off Off 0.5 0.5
0 5 Off On 0.53 0.53
5 0 On Off 0.53 0.53
5 5 On On 1.72 4.9

POST LAB•
 Comment on the output of below figure:

In this figure Anodes of both diode are connected with 1K and switches and
cathodes are connected with 10K resistor and with LED. And output shows
the OR Gtae.
 Comment on the output of below figure:
 In this figure Anodes of both diode are connected with 10K and with LED
and cathodes are connected with 1K resistor and with switches. And output
shows the AND Gate.

Critical Analysis / Conclusion

In this lab we learnt that how to examine the forward biased and reverse
biased characteristics of a silicon diode. We also learnt about the Diode logic
Gates.