Diodes and Applications Questions

• The characteristic curve for the complex model of a silicon diode shows that
• Testing a good diode with an ohmmeter should indicate
• An IC regulator receives an overload; it will:
• When a diode is destroyed it has infinite impedance. When damaged by heat it will probably:
• The area at the junction of p-type and n-type materials that has lost its majority carriers is called the
• With a half-wave rectified voltage across the load resistor, load current flows for what part of a cycle?
• Shunting the ac component away from the load is the task of a:
• If the frequency of the applied ac signal to a half-wave rectifier is 60 Hz, the frequency of the pulsating dc output will be
• The peak inverse voltage (PIV) across a nonconducting diode in a bridge rectifier equals approximately:
• A filtered full-wave rectifier voltage has a smaller ripple than does a half-wave rectifier voltage for the same load resistance and capacitor values because:
• In a diode schematic, the anode is represented by a(n):
• A pn junction allows current flow when
• When a diode is forward biased, the voltage across it
• DC power should be connected to forward bias a diode as follows:
• What is the peak output voltage for this half-wave rectifier?
• Since diodes are destroyed by excessive current, circuits must have:
• In a power supply diagram, which block indicates a smooth dc output?
• The dc current through each diode in a bridge rectifier equals:
• At any given time in an intrinsic piece of semiconductor material at room temperature
• Why is heat produced in a diode?