《Electronic Circuit Design1模拟电子技术》Week 22S.pdfVIP

Week Number 22 Subject Code EE-1029 Subject Electronic Circuit Design 1 Lecturer Prof Hicks KEY POINTS Students need to understand that the forward current through a diode varies exponentially with the voltage across it (Ebers Moll equation). They should recognise that for a silicon diode the forward voltage is typically in the region 0.6 – 0.8V – this applies for typical forward currents of the order of milliamps upwards. It’s worth stressing that at lower voltages (i.e. 0.5V) there is still current flowing through the diode, but it is usually very small (nA – μA). At higher voltages (i.e. 0.8V) the exponential relationship tells us that the forward current rapidly becomes very large (A – kA!), assuming that the diode survives that long. Ask the students if they know the magnitude of the reverse leakage current for a typical silicon diode (of the order of nanoamps). Students should know how to use a load line construction to determine the voltages and current in a simple diode circuit – see (b) below. Understand how the load line behaves with variations in the value of the series resistor and the power supply voltage. Solution (a) The voltage - current equation for a p-n junction diode operating in the forward direction can be represented as: qVD I = I (e D - 1)S ηkT where: I = diode reverse saturation current S VD = diode forward voltage (applied between the anode and cathode) q = charge on an electron; 1.6 x 10-19 Coulomb k = Boltzmann’s constant; 1.38 x 10-23 Joules.°K-1 T = Ab