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PHY547 - Lab Manual-Exp2 - Simulation

This document describes an experiment to construct a 5V power supply using a zener diode. It includes: - Objectives to construct a 5V power supply and list of equipment including an AC power supply, bridge rectifier, capacitors, voltage regulator, multimeter, and oscilloscope. - An introduction explaining how a zener diode acts as a voltage regulator by maintaining a constant voltage drop once reverse bias exceeds its rated voltage through avalanche breakdown. - Instructions to build the circuit with a bridge rectifier, capacitor, and voltage regulator. Waveforms are measured at different points and changes are observed with the addition of components. - The purpose of the experiment is to understand how a z

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PHY547 - Lab Manual-Exp2 - Simulation

This document describes an experiment to construct a 5V power supply using a zener diode. It includes: - Objectives to construct a 5V power supply and list of equipment including an AC power supply, bridge rectifier, capacitors, voltage regulator, multimeter, and oscilloscope. - An introduction explaining how a zener diode acts as a voltage regulator by maintaining a constant voltage drop once reverse bias exceeds its rated voltage through avalanche breakdown. - Instructions to build the circuit with a bridge rectifier, capacitor, and voltage regulator. Waveforms are measured at different points and changes are observed with the addition of components. - The purpose of the experiment is to understand how a z

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Exp.

2 : Zener Diode
Experiment
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TOPIC : Zener Diode and Power Supply


2
OBJECTIVE : Constructing a 5-V power supply
EQUIPMENTS AND COMPONENT : 1. 6-V AC power supply
2. Bridge Rectifier (BR3)
3. Capacitors (470 µF)
4. IC 7805/ RG 7805
5. Multimeter
6. Oscilloscope

INTRODUCTION

The Zener diode is like a general-purpose signal diode consisting of a silicon PN junction. When
biased in the forward direction it behaves just like a normal signal diode passing the rated current,
but as soon as a reverse voltage applied across the Zener Diode exceeds the rated voltage of the
device, the diodes breakdown voltage is reached at which point a process called Avalanche
Breakdown occurs in the semiconductor depletion layer and a current starts to flow through the
diode to limit this increase in voltage.

Figure 1: IV curved for zener diode

Zener Diodes can be used to produce a stabilised voltage output with low ripple under varying load
current conditions. By passing a small current through the diode from a voltage source, via a suitable
current limiting resistor (RS), the zener diode will conduct sufficient current to maintain a voltage
drop of Vout.
Exp. 2 : Zener Diode

A power supply is an electronic device that supplies electric energy to an electrical load. The primary
function of a power supply is to convert one form of electrical energy to another and, as a result,
power supplies are sometimes referred to as electric power converters. Some power supplies are
discrete, stand-alone devices, whereas others are built into larger devices along with their loads.
Examples of the latter include power supplies found in desktop computers and consumer electronics
devices.

Electronic circuit needs energy to work. In most cases the energy is provided by a circuit called the
power supply. A power supply failure will affect all the other circuits. The supply is a key part of
an electronic system.

Power supplies used rectifier diodes to convert alternating current to direct current. They also use
special IC for voltage regulation. The 7805 series of IC regulators operate at a fixed output voltage. The
7805 provides 5-V, the 7812 provides 12-V and 7815 provides 15-V

INSTRUCTIONS

Power Supply
1. Create new blank project/file using Livew.ire
2. Connect the bridge rectifier (Discrete Semiconductor>Bridge Rectifier) to the AC power
supply (Power Supply>AC Voltage Source). Set VRMS to 6-V and frequency to 1 Hz.
3. Connect an oscilloscope (Measuring> Oscilloscope) Channel 1 across the + and — terminals of
the bridge rectifier and observe the waveform displayed on the OSK screen. (Right click on
Oscilloscope>Graph). Set maximum and minimum voltage to 9V and -9V respectively, Time to
200 ms. Capture/Sketch the waveform.

Figure 1: Circuit without Smoothing Capacitor & Voltage Regulator

4. Connect capacitor across the + and — terminals of the bridge rectifier and observe the
waveform displayed on the OSK screen/ Graph. Try using different value of capacitor.
Sketch/record the waveform.
Exp. 2 : Zener Diode

Figure : Circuit with only smoothing capacitor /filter

5. Why is it different from the wave form above?


6. Complete the connection of the whole circuit as in the figure below with Bridge Rectifier
(BR3) and observe the waveform across C6 (after the regulator). What kind of waveform
did you see? Why?

7. What are your conclusions?

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