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Light Emitting Diode Operation
The symbol for an LED is shown in Figure. The basic operation of the light-emitting diode (LED) is as follows. ... -
Varactor Diode Operation
The junction capacitance of diodes varies with the amount of reverse bias. Varactor diodes are specially designed to take advantage of ... -
Zener Diode Limiter
Zener diodes can be used in ac applications to limit voltage swings to desired levels. Below Figures shows three basic ways ... -
Zener Diode Voltage Regulator Operation
The zener diode can be used as a type of voltage regulator for providing stable reference voltages. In this section, you ... -
Zener Diode Breakdown Characteristics
The symbol for a zener diode is shown in Below Figure. Instead of a straight line representing the cathode, the zener ... -
Short Notes on Rectifiers & Filters
The device which operates at above 30V is called an electrical device and the device which operates with less than ... -
How to Test a Diode using Multimeter
A multimeter can be used as a fast and simple way to check a diode out of the circuit. A good ... -
Diodes Voltage Quadrupler
The addition of still another diode-capacitor section to a Voltage trippler, as shown in Below Figure, produces an output four times ... -
Diodes Voltage Tripler
The addition of another diode-capacitor section to the half-wave voltage doubler creates a voltage tripler, as shown in Below Figure. The ... -
Full Wave Voltage Doubler using Diodes
Voltage multipliers use clamping action to increase peak rectified voltages without the necessity of increasing the transformer’s voltage rating. Multiplication factors ...