# Lab 9 RS

Lab 9: Diode Circuits

# Clipping Circuit

1.) Construct the circuit shown below using a silicon diode.

I am going to use:

1) Zener diode 4.7 V 1N5230B-T
2) the resistor


2.) Use a sine wave generator to drive the circuit so where V and = 1kHz. (20 pnts)

3.) Based on your observations using a oscilloscope, sketch the voltages and as a function of time.

4.) Do another sketch for = 1.0 V and another for 10.0 V (DONT LET ANY SMOKE OUT!). (20 pnts)

For the last sketch the output voltage is . Let's estimate the power dissipated in resistor and diode. The current can be calculated by .

The resistor power is given by . So we are OK here.

The diode power is given by . So we are OK here as well. No any smoke out.


# Differentiating Circuit with clipping

1) Construct the circuit below.

2) Select and such that the current from the +5V DC source is less than 1.0 mA and the DC voltage at is 3 V when there is no input pulse.

Because we want to keep the current below and using . Solving this inequality we get the first condition for and




Also because we want and using . Without any input pulse . Solving this simple equation we get the second condition for and




I am going to use  and  which satisfy both conditions above


3) Select a capacitor and a pulse width to form a differentiating circuit for the pulse from the signal generator. Hint: .

Taking and .

And choosing the the pulse width I will be able to make a good differentiator circuit.

4) plot and as a function of time using your scope observations. (20 pnts)

5) Now add the diode circuit from part 1 to prevent from rising above +5 V. Sketch the new circuit below.

6) plot and as a function of time with the diode circuit you added using your scope observations. (the diode should clip off positive spikes) (20 pnts)

Now my diode clipping off the positive signal at about +5 V and clipping off the negative signal at about -1 V

# Questions

1. Explain your results in parts 1 & 2 in terms of the diode turn-on voltage. (20 pnts)