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The Zener Diode   In the past Signal Diode instructional exercise, we saw that an "opposite one-sided" diode squares current in the converse course, however will experience the ill effects of untimely breakdown or harm if the converse voltage connected crosswise over it is too high. Be that as it may, the Zener Diode or "Breakdown Diode" as they are infrequently called, are essentially the same as the standard PN intersection diode however are uniquely intended to have a low pre-decided Reverse Breakdown Voltage that exploits this high turn around voltage. The zener diode is the least complex sorts of voltage controller and the time when a zener diode separates or directs is known as the "Zener Voltage" ( Vz ). The Zener diode resemble a universally useful sign diode comprising of a silicon PN intersection. At the point when one-sided in the forward bearing it carries on simply like an ordinary sign diode passing the appraised current, however whe...

Peak Inverse Voltage (PIV)   Definition: The most extreme estimation of the converse voltage that a pn intersection or diode can withstand without harming itself is known as its Peak Inverse Voltage. This rating of Peak Inverse Voltage (PIV) is given and depicted in the information sheet gave by the producer. In any case, if the voltage running over the intersection at converse predisposition condition increments past this predetermined worth, the intersection will get harmed. As for the most part, a pn intersection or diode is utilized as a rectifier, i.e., it is utilized to change over AC to DC. In this way, care ought to be taken that amid the negative half cycle, the crest estimation of AC voltage ought not be more than the appraised estimation of the Peak Inverse Voltage of the diode. p n Junction   At the point when a p-sort semiconductor is appropriately joined to a n-sort semiconductor, the contact surface so framed is called p-n Junction. All the semicon...

FULL WAVE RECTIFIER While this method may be suitable for low power applications it is unsuitable to applications which need a “steady and smooth” DC supply voltage. One method to improve on this is to use every half-cycle of the input voltage instead of every other half-cycle. The circuit which allows us to do this is called a Full Wave Rectifier. Like the half wave circuit, a full wave rectifier circuit produces an output voltage or current which is purely DC or has some specified DC component. Full wave rectifiers have some fundamental advantages over their half wave rectifier counterparts. The average (DC) output voltage is higher than for half wave, the output of the full wave rectifier has much less ripple than that of the half wave rectifier producing a smoother output waveform. In a Full Wave Rectifier circuit two diodes are now used, one for each half of the cycle. A multiple winding transformer is used whose secondary winding is split equally into two halves with ...