CLIPERS

CLIPPER
ELA 1110
Clipper
◦ Clippers are networks that employ diodes to “clip” away a portion of an input signal without
distorting the remaining part of the applied waveform.
◦ The half-wave rectifier is an example of the simplest form of diode clipper having one resistor
and a diode.
◦ Depending on the orientation of the diode, the positive or negative region of the applied signal
is “clipped” off.
◦ Two general categories
◦ Series Clipper (Diode is in series with the load)
◦ Parallel Clipper(Diode in a branch parallel to the load)
Series Clipper
◦ The series configuration is defined as one where the diode is in series with the load.
◦ Fig.1(a) shows the circuit of series clippers.
◦ The response of the series configuration of Fig. 1(a) to a variety of alternating waveforms is
shown in Fig. 1(b).
◦ There are no boundaries on the type of signals that can be applied to a clipper.
Fig.1(a) Series Clipper Fig.1(b): Input-output Waveforms

◦ Fig.2 shows the series clipper with DC supply.
◦ The following procedure is used to analyze the circuit shown in
fig.2
◦ Take careful note of where the output voltage is defined.(In fig. 2,it is
directly across the resistor R ).
◦ Develop an overall sense of the response by simply noting the
“pressure” established by each supply and the effect it will have on
the conventional current direction through the diode.
◦ Determine the applied voltage (transition voltage) that will result in a
change of state for the diode from the “off” to the “on” state.
◦ Draw the output waveform directly below the applied voltage using
Fig.2: Series clipper with
the same scales for the horizontal axis and the vertical axis. DC supply
Fig.4:Define the “on”

Fig.3:Determining the Transition Voltage and “off” regions.
EXAMPLE 1: Determine the output waveform for the sinusoidal input of Fig. 5.
Fig.5
Solution:
Step 1: The output is again directly across the resistor R.
Step 2: The positive region of vi and the dc supply are both applying “pressure” to turn the diode on.
The result is that we can safely assume the diode is in the “on” state for the entire range of positive
voltages for vi.
Once the supply goes negative, it would have to exceed the dc supply voltage of 5 V before it could
turn the diode off.
Step 3: The transition model is substituted in Fig. 2.75 , and
we find that the transition from one state to the other will
occur when
Step 4:
• In Fig.6 a horizontal line is drawn through the applied
voltage at the transition
level.
• For voltages less than 5 V the diode is in the open-circuit
state and the output is 0V, as shown in the sketch of v o .
• Using Fig. 6 , we find that for conditions when the diode
is on and the diode current is established the output voltage
will be the following, as determined using Kirchhoff’s
voltage law:
Fig.6 Output Waveform
Parallel Clipper
◦ Diode is connected in parallel with the load.
◦ The analysis of parallel configurations is very similar
to that of series configurations.
◦ The simplest parallel clipper is shown in fig.7.
Fig. 7: Parallel Clipper Fig. 8:Response to a parallel clipper.

EXAMPLE 2: Determine vo for the network of Fig.9.
Fig. 9
Solution:
Step 1: In this example the output is defined across the series combination of the 4-V supply
and the diode, not across the resistor R.
Step 2: The polarity of the dc supply and the direction of the diode strongly suggest that the
diode will be in the “on” state for a good portion of the negative region of the input signal.
Vo= Vi (Diode “off”)

Vo = 4V (Diode “On”)
Step 3: The transition level of the input voltage can be found from
Fig.9 by substituting the short-circuit equivalent and remembering the
diode current is 0 mA at the instant of transition.
The result is a change in state when
Vi = 4 V Fig. 9
Step 4: In Fig. 10, the transition level is drawn along with Vo = 4 V

when the diode is
on.
For Vi ≥ 4 V, Vo= 4 V
Fig. 10 Output Sketch

EXAMPLE 3: Repeat Example 2, using a silicon diode with VK = 0.7 V.
Simple Series Clipper(Ideal Diodes)
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
Biased Series Clipper(Ideal Diodes)
POSITIVE
Biased Series Clipper(Ideal Diodes)
NEGATIVE
Simple Parallel Clippers(Ideal Diodes)
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
Biased Parallel Clipper

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Fig.1(a) Series Clipper Fig.1(b): Input-output Waveforms

Fig.4:Define the “on”

Fig. 7: Parallel Clipper Fig. 8:Response to a parallel clipper.

Vo= Vi (Diode “off”)

Step 4: In Fig. 10, the transition level is drawn along with Vo = 4 V

Fig. 10 Output Sketch

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