Sheet 2 PDF
Sheet 2 PDF
Sheet 2 PDF
Problem 1
a) Draw the output voltage waveform for each circuit in Figure 1 and include the
voltage values.
b) What is the peak inverse voltage across each diode?
c) What is the peak forward current through each diode?
Figure 1
Problem 2
Determine the peak and average power delivered to in Figure 2
Figure 2
Problem 3
Find the average value of each voltage in Figure 3
Figure 3
Chapter 2 Diodes and applications
Problem 4
Consider the circuit in Figure 4.
a) What type of circuit is this?
b) What is the total peak secondary voltage
c) Find the peak voltage across each half of the secondary.
d) Sketch the voltage waveform across .
e) What is the peak current through each diode?
f) What is the PIV for each diode?
Figure 4
Problem 5
Show how to connect the diodes in a center-tapped rectifier in order to produce a
negative-going full-wave voltage across the load resistor.
Problem 6
What PIV rating is required for the diodes in a bridge rectifier that produces an average
output voltage of 50 V?
Problem 7
The rms output voltage of a bridge rectifier is 20 V. What is the peak inverse voltage
across the diodes?
Problem 8
Draw the output voltage waveform for the bridge rectifier in Figure 5. Notice that all the
diodes are reversed from circuits shown earlier in the chapter.
Figure 5
Figure 6
Problem 12
If the no-load output voltage of a regulator is 15.5 V and the full-load output is 14.9 V,
what is the percent load regulation?
Problem 13
Assume a regulator has a percent load regulation of 0.5%. What is the output voltage at
full load if the unloaded output is 12.0 V?