3. Diode, Rectifiers, and Power Supplies

1 3. diode , Rectifiers, and Power Supplies Semiconductor diodes are active devices which are extremely important for various electrical and electronic circuits. Diodes are active non-linear circuit elements with non-linear voltage-current characteristics. Diodes are used in a wide variety of applications in communication systems (limiters, gates, clippers, mixers), computers (clamps, clippers, logic gates), radar circuits (phase detectors, gain-control circuits, Power detectors, parameter amplifiers), radios (mixers, automatic gain control circuits, message detectors), and television (clamps, limiters, phase detectors, etc). The ability of diodes to allow the flow of current in only one direction is commonly exploited in these applications. Another common application of diodes is in rectifiers for Power Supplies . In this chapter we will study some simple diodes and their application in rectifier circuits for Power Supplies .

Diode, rectifiers and power supplies 3 voltage drop and is about 0.7V for all normal diodes which are made from silicon. The forward voltage drop of a diode is almost constant whatever the current passing through the diode so they have a very steep

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