Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073380643
Author: Donald A. Neamen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.5EP
The Zener diode regulator circuit shown in Figure 2.16 has an input volt age that varies between 10 and 14 V, and a load resistance that varies between
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Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
Ch. 2 - Repeat Example 2.1 if the input voltage is...Ch. 2 - Consider the bridge circuit shown in Figure 2.6(a)...Ch. 2 - Assume the input signal to a rectifier circuit has...Ch. 2 - The input voltage to the halfwave rectifier in...Ch. 2 - Consider the circuit in Figure 2.4. The input...Ch. 2 - The circuit in Figure 2.5(a) is used to rectify a...Ch. 2 - The secondary transformer voltage of the rectifier...Ch. 2 - Determine the fraction (percent) of the cycle that...Ch. 2 - The Zener diode regulator circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - Repeat Example 2.6 for rz=4 . Assume all other...
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The...Ch. 2 - Repeat Example 2.11 for the case when R1=8k ,...Ch. 2 - The cutin voltage of each diode in the circuit...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.12TYUCh. 2 - Consider the OR logic circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - Consider the AND logic circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - (a) Photons with an energy of hv=2eV are incident...Ch. 2 - Determine the value of resistance R required to...Ch. 2 - What characteristic of a diode is used in the...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2RQCh. 2 - Describe a simple fullwave diode rectifier circuit...Ch. 2 - Prob. 4RQCh. 2 - Prob. 5RQCh. 2 - Describe a simple Zener diode voltage reference...Ch. 2 - What effect does the Zener diode resistance have...Ch. 2 - What are the general characteristics of diode...Ch. 2 - Describe a simple diode clipper circuit that...Ch. 2 - Prob. 10RQCh. 2 - What one circuit element, besides a diode, is...Ch. 2 - Prob. 12RQCh. 2 - Describe a diode OR logic circuit. Compare a logic...Ch. 2 - Describe a diode AND logic circuit. 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Let...Ch. 2 - For the circuit shown in Figure P2.1, show that...Ch. 2 - A halfwave rectifier such as shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - Consider the battery charging circuit shown in...Ch. 2 - Figure P2.5 shows a simple fullwave battery...Ch. 2 - The fullwave rectifier circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - The input signal voltage to the fullwave rectifier...Ch. 2 - The output resistance of the fullwave rectifier in...Ch. 2 - Repeat Problem 2.8 for the halfwave rectifier in...Ch. 2 - Consider the halfwave rectifier circuit shown in...Ch. 2 - The parameters of the halfwave rectifier circuit...Ch. 2 - The fullwave rectifier circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - Consider the fullwave rectifier circuit in Figure...Ch. 2 - The circuit in Figure P2.14 is a complementary...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.15PCh. 2 - A fullwave rectifier is to be designed using the...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.17PCh. 2 - (a) Sketch o versus time for the circuit in Figure...Ch. 2 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P2.19. The...Ch. 2 - Consider the Zener diode circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - Consider the Zener diode circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - In the voltage regulator circuit in Figure P2.21,...Ch. 2 - A Zener diode is connected in a voltage regulator...Ch. 2 - Consider the Zener diode circuit in Figure 2.19 in...Ch. 2 - Design a voltage regulator circuit such as shown...Ch. 2 - The percent regulation of the Zener diode...Ch. 2 - A voltage regulator is to have a nominal output...Ch. 2 - Consider the circuit in Figure P2.28. Let V=0 ....Ch. 2 - The secondary voltage in the circuit in Figure...Ch. 2 - The parameters in the circuit shown in Figure...Ch. 2 - Consider the circuit in Figure P2.31. Let V=0 (a)...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.32PCh. 2 - Each diode cutin voltage is 0.7 V for the circuits...Ch. 2 - The diode in the circuit of Figure P2.34(a) has...Ch. 2 - Consider the circuits shown in Figure P2.35. 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