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    This document summarizes an experiment on the diode valve effect conducted by a group of 4 students. The experiment aimed to show the fundamental characteristic of diodes and their valve capacity. It involved using diodes, a DC source and voltmeters to measure the voltage in forward and reverse bias configurations. The results showed low resistance and current flow in forward bias, and high resistance with no current in reverse bias, demonstrating the diode's valve-like behavior. The document also provided background on diodes and their uses.

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    Sulaimani Polytechnic University

    Engineering Technical College


    Communications Department

    Electrical and Electronics Lab.


    Experiment no.1

    Diode Valve Effect


    Group: B-2

     Lezan Najmaddin
     Aya Farooq
     Lare Osman
     Zhanyar Farzan

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    Aim
    1. Show the fundamental characteristic of the diode and its valve capacity.
    2. We understand that a diode offers a very small resistance called forward resistance.
    3. A diode offers a very large resistance called reverse resistance.

    Apparatus
     The SO4203-7A Diodes Card
     DC Source (10V)
     Two Voltmeters
     Connecting Wires

    Theory
    Sir John Ambrose Fleming (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) was an English electrical
    engineer and physicist who invented the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, designed the radio
    transmitter with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made, and also established the right-
    hand rule used in physics. Fleming patented the first true thermionic diode, the Fleming valve, in
    Britain on November 16, 1904.

    A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction; it has
    low resistance in one direction, and high resistance in the other.

    2
    A diode made of semiconductor components, usually silicon. The cathode, which is
    negatively charged and has an excess of electrons, is placed adjacent to the anode, which has
    an inherently positive charge, carrying an excess of holes.

    The anode is the electrode where electricity moves into. The cathode is the electrode where electricity
    is given out or flows out of. The anode is usually the positive side. A cathode is a negative side. It acts as
    an electron donor.

    A diode can be forward biased or reverse biased. If the positive terminal connected on the p-region
    and the negative on the n-region then the junction is forward biased. If the source voltage is
    connected in such a way so that the negative terminal is connected on the p-region and the
    positive on the n-region, then the PN-junction is reverse biased.

    Procedure
    1. We used the SO4203-7A diode then we connected the source to (X17) and we connected the
    ground to (X20). As shown in fig1

    Figure 1

    2. We used voltmeter B to measure input voltage we connected (B+) to (X18) and we connected
    (B-) to (X20).
    3. We used voltmeter A to measure the output voltage of the diode we connected (A+) to (X19)
    and we connected (A-) to (X21).
    4. For the forward bias we changed voltage to (10V) to measure the input voltage and output
    voltage.
    5. For the reverse bias we changed the voltage to (-10V) to measure the input voltage and output
    voltage.
    Our result is in the next page:

    3
    Discussion
    1. We see from the two measured voltages that in the case of forward bias there’s a very small
    resistance but in the case of reverse bias we have a very high resistance and doesn’t let current
    to flow through.
    2. Zero Bias means that No external voltage potential is applied to the PN junction diode.
    3. A diode conducts 0 resistance ideally i.e., it acts as a short circuit. Only when it is forward biased
    so there will be current flow in the circuit and it offers very high impedance (it acts as an open
    circuit) when reverse biased so there will be no current flow. This way p-n junction diode work as
    a switch.
    4. Peak inverse voltage is defined as the maximum reverse voltage that a diode can withstand in a
    non-conducting state or reverse bias condition before breakdown.
    5. When the p-type and n-type side of a diode is connected to the (+ve) and (−ve) terminal of a
    battery, the diode is forward biased. When they are connected to the (−ve) and (+ve) terminal
    respectably the diode is reverse biased.
    6. Uses of P-N junction diode:

     Can be used as a photodiode as the diode is sensitive to the light when the configuration of
    the diode is reverse-biased.
     It can be used as a solar cell.
     When the diode is forward-biased, it can be used in LED lighting applications.
     It is used as rectifiers in many electric circuits and as a voltage-controlled oscillator in
    varactors.

    Conclusion
    We understand that

    1. A diode has two electrodes: the anode and the cathode. The anode is the (+) terminal and the
    cathode is the (-) terminal.
    2. we learned how to forward bias the diode by connecting the positive terminal to the p-region
    and the negative terminal to the n-region
    3. we also learned how to reverse bias the diode by connecting the negative terminal to the
    p-region and the positive terminal to the n-region

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