Basic Electronics

18ME (Sec- I, II and III), Spring 2019

Lecture-6

Diode Equivalent Circuits

Dr. Shoaib R. Soomro

Contents
▪ Practical Diode Model (Piece-wise circuit Equivalent)

▪ Simplified Diode Model

▪ Ideal Diode

▪ Diode Notation

▪ Diode Datasheet

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DIODE EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS

▪ An equivalent circuit is a combination of elements properly chosen to best represent the

actual terminal characteristics of a device, system, or such in a particular operating
region.
▪ In other words, once the equivalent circuit is defined, the device symbol can be removed from a
schematic and the equivalent circuit inserted in its place without severely affecting the actual
behavior of the system. The result is often a network that can be solved using traditional circuit
analysis techniques.

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