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The output waveform from full wave zener diode clipping

circuits resembles that of the previous voltage biased


diode clipping circuit. The output waveform will be clipped
at the zener voltage plus the 0.7V forward volt drop of the
other diode. So for example, the positive half cycle will be
clipped at the sum of zener diode, ZD1 plus 0.7V from
ZD2 and vice versa for the negative half cycle.
Zener diodes are manufactured with a wide range of
voltages and can be used to give different voltage
references on each half cycle, the same as above. Zener
diodes are available with zener breakdown voltages, VZ
ranging from 2.4 to 33 volts, with a typical tolerance of 1
or 5%. Note that once conducting in the reverse
breakdown region, full current will flow through the zener
diode so a suitable current limiting resistor, R1 must be
chosen.

In electronics, a clipper is a device designed to prevent


the output of a circuit from exceeding a predetermined
voltage level without distorting the remaining part of the
applied waveform.
A clipping circuit consists of linear elements like resistors
and non-linear elements like junction diodes or
transistors, but it does not contain energy-storage
elements like capacitors. Clipping circuits are used to
select for purposes of transmission, that part of a signal
wave form which lies above or below a certain reference
voltage level.
Thus a clipper circuit can remove certain portions of an
arbitrary waveform near the positive or negative peaks.
Clipping may be achieved either at one level or two levels.
Usually under the section of clipping, there is a change
brought about in the wave shape of the signal.

Clipping circuits are also called slicers, amplitude


selectors or limiters
In the example circuit on the right, two zener
diodes are used to clip the voltage VIN. The voltage
in either direction is limited to the reverse
breakdown voltage plus the voltage drop across
one zener diode

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