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This document contains examples for calculating properties of diodes such as thermal voltage, current, and resistance at different voltages and temperatures. It includes examples of determining diode current given saturation current and ideality factor, finding saturation current given current and voltage, and calculating static and dynamic resistance at various forward and reverse biases.

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Tutorial 1

This document contains examples for calculating properties of diodes such as thermal voltage, current, and resistance at different voltages and temperatures. It includes examples of determining diode current given saturation current and ideality factor, finding saturation current given current and voltage, and calculating static and dynamic resistance at various forward and reverse biases.

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EE3121 Electronic Circuits 1

Tutorial 1
Example 1
The applied bias voltage of a diode is 0.5 V at operating temperature of 20°C. The
reverse saturation current (Is) of the diode is 40 nA, if the ideality factor of the
diode n = 2, calculate the following
(a) Thermal voltage of the diode (Assume Boltzmann’s constant k is 1.38 x10-23 J/K)
(b) Diode current
Example 2
For a diode current of 8 mA and n = 1, find Is if the applied voltage is 0.5 V and the
temperature is room temperature (25°C).
Example 3
(a) Determine the diode current at 20°C for a silicon diode with n = 2, Is = 0.1 µA at
a reverse-bias potential of -10 V.
(b) Is the result expected? Why?
Example 4
1. Determine the static or dc resistance of the
commercially available diode of Fig. at a forward
current of (a) 4 mA (b) 10 mA
2. Determine the static or dc resistance of the
commercially available diode of Fig. at a reverse
voltage of (a) -10 V. (b) How does it compare to the
value determined at a reverse voltage of -30 V?
Example 5
• Determine the DC and dynamic (ac) resistance of the
commercially available diode of Fig. at a forward
current of 10 mA. Compare their magnitudes.
Example 6
• Determine the average ac resistance for the diode of
Fig. for the region between 0.6 V and 0.9 V.

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