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    Zener Diode: Electronic Circuits (18NPC304) Assignment 2 Part - 2

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    The document discusses the characteristics and applications of a Zener diode. A Zener diode is a PN junction diode that allows current to flow in both directions. It operates in the breakdown region when reverse biased at a particular voltage known as the Zener voltage. The Zener voltage remains constant with increasing current, allowing the Zener diode to be used as a voltage regulator. It fails if the power dissipation across it exceeds its rated power due to excessive current flow. Zener diodes regulate voltage by maintaining a near-constant breakdown voltage over a wide range of currents. Common applications of Zener diodes include voltage regulation, stabilization, wave shaping, and meter protection.

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    The document discusses the characteristics and applications of a Zener diode. A Zener diode is a PN junction diode that allows current to flow in both directions. It operates in the breakdown region when reverse biased at a particular voltage known as the Zener voltage. The Zener voltage remains constant with increasing current, allowing the Zener diode to be used as a voltage regulator. It fails if the power dissipation across it exceeds its rated power due to excessive current flow. Zener diodes regulate voltage by maintaining a near-constant breakdown voltage over a wide range of currents. Common applications of Zener diodes include voltage regulation, stabilization, wave shaping, and meter protection.

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    The document discusses the characteristics and applications of a Zener diode. A Zener diode is a PN junction diode that allows current to flow in both directions. It operates in the breakdown region when reverse biased at a particular voltage known as the Zener voltage. The Zener voltage remains constant with increasing current, allowing the Zener diode to be used as a voltage regulator. It fails if the power dissipation across it exceeds its rated power due to excessive current flow. Zener diodes regulate voltage by maintaining a near-constant breakdown voltage over a wide range of currents. Common applications of Zener diodes include voltage regulation, stabilization, wave shaping, and meter protection.

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    Electronic Circuits (18NPC304)

    Assignment 2 part – 2

    Zener Diode
    Question and Answers:

    1.) What is Zener diode?


    Zener diode is a specially designed PN junction diode. A reverse biased heavily doped PN
    junction diode. A reverse biased heavily doped PN junction diode which is operated in the
    breakdown region is known as Zener diode. It is also called as voltage regulator diode or
    breakdown diode.

    2.) What is a principal characteristic of the Zener diode?


     Current flow in both the direction
     In reverse bias voltage remains constant with increase in current at a particular
    voltage

    3.) What is a Zener voltage?


    The voltage at where the Zener diode breaks down is called the Zener voltage.

    4.) What is a Zener breakdown?


    When a diode is heavily doped, their depletion region will become very narrow. At that time
    by applying a high reverse voltage across the junction, there will be a strong electric field is
    created. There electron-hole generation takes place that’s why heavy current will flow. This
    is known as a Zener breakdown.

    5.) While increasing a Zener regulator dc input, what happens for the series current, load
    current and Zener current?
    Zener current and series current will increase but load current always remains constant.

    6.) What cause Zener diode to fail in working?


    In many cases of the Zener diode will fail due to the excess power dissipation across it. Each
    one has a rated power dissipation by a manufacturer when the power dissipation is more
    than the rated power then it fails. Power dissipation is nothing but the product of the
    voltage drops across the Zener and their current flow through it.

    7.) How does the behaviour of a Zener diode differ substantially from that of a normal
    (rectifying) diode?
    Zener diodes break down at substantially lower reverse voltages than rectifying diodes, and
    their breakdown voltages are predictable.

    8.) How to control the breakdown voltage of the Zener diode?


    The breakdown voltage of the Zener diode can be controlled either by adding impurities or
    by increasing the doping level.
    9.) How the Zener diode work as a voltage regulator?
    Zener diode is especially made to have a reverse breakdown voltage, even its characteristics
    are much similar to the common diodes. In a breakdown voltage across the Zener diode is
    close to constant over a wide range of currents that’s why it works as a shunt voltage
    regulator.

    10.)Write some applications of the Zener diode.


    Zener diode is used as,
     Voltage regulator
     Stabilizer
     Wave shaper
     Meter protector

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