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A silicon Zener diode has a depletion width of 1.0 × 10^-6 m and a reverse bias of 3 V across it. What is the electric field across the junction?

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A Zener regulator has input voltage 16.8 V, Zener voltage 12 V, load current 12 mA, and Zener current 20 mA. What series resistance is required?

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A full-wave rectifier has a peak output voltage of 18 V. What is its average DC output voltage?

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A half-wave rectifier has a peak current of 24 mA. What is its average DC current?

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A diode has a peak input voltage of 20 V, a barrier voltage of 0.7 V, a forward resistance of 10 Ω, and a load resistance of 500 Ω. What is the peak current through the circuit?

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37.8 mA

Use V_0 = V_B + I_0(R_F + R_L). Thus I_0 = (20 - 0.7)/(10 + 500) = 19.3/510 = 0.0378 A = 37.8 mA.

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A silicon diode with barrier voltage 0.7 V is connected to a 500 Ω load and carries a peak current of 37.8 mA. What is the peak voltage across the load?

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18.9 V

The load voltage is V_L = I_0R_L = 0.0378 × 500 = 18.9 V.

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A Zener diode has V_Z = 12 V and is used with a load resistance of 1 kΩ. If the Zener current is nearly zero, what input voltage is needed when the series resistance is 150 Ω?

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13.8 V

Load current is I_L = V_Z/R_L = 12/1000 = 12 mA. With I_Z ≈ 0, I = 12 mA. Then V_in = IR + V_Z = 0.012 × 150 + 12 = 1.8 + 12 = 13.8 V.

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A Zener regulator has V_Z = 12 V, series resistance 150 Ω, load resistance 1 kΩ, and maximum Zener current 20 mA. What is the maximum input voltage that keeps the output at 12 V?

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16.8 V

Load current is 12 mA. At maximum Zener current, total current is I = 12 + 20 = 32 mA. Then V_in = IR + V_Z = 0.032 × 150 + 12 = 4.8 + 12 = 16.8 V.

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Key topics in Junction Diodes include Formation of p-n Junction, Forward Bias and Reverse Bias, V-I Characteristics and Breakdown, Diode as a Rectifier. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the ICSE Class 12 board exam.
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