KAU ECE Dept.

EE 311 (Electronics I) Lab time : Tuesday 1-3

Experiment # 1 ( Diode Familiarization and Characterization )

Team number : ( 7 ) Team members : AHMAD ALSHATRI Mohammad alharbi 0908942 0910685

 Objectives:
To study the general characteristics of Semiconductor Junction Diodes, and to become aware of some of the many physical manifestations of those devices.

Tools:
DC power supply, digital voltmeter, connection wires (also crocodile-clipper wires), Diodes board, and stabling board.

Steps:
1- We first set the DC power supply on 10.00 volt ( we have to make sure that it is exactly 10.00 volt using digital voltmeter). 2- We stable the Diodes board on stabling board. 3- Starting with the first stage of calculations: a- Connect the (+) terminal of the power supply (the red one) to the 10v point in the top of the Diodes board, and the (-) terminal to GR point. b- Connect point 3 in the board to the Anode of 1st diode, and point GR to the Cathode of the same diode using crocodile-clip wires. c- Measure the voltage between point 2 and GR (using the voltmeter) and right down the value in your table, do the same with point 3. d- Do the same steps (from a to c) for all the diodes 1~6. e- After you found V2 and V3 for all diodes, calculate the current passing through each diode using the relation given in the table. nd 4- 2 stage: a- Now we change the polarity of the input voltage, this easily done by switching the wires connected to the power supply. b- This time we only measure V3 for all diodes. c- Finally we calculate current passing through the diodes. 5- Write your comments.

 Comments:
1- In this experiment we became familiar in how to measure the voltage across the diode, and how to find the current passing through it. 2- The 1st stage of the exp. represents the forward-bias region of the Terminal Characteristic Graph in the theoretical lesson of Junction Diode. Thus means as long as the diode voltage is positive there must be a positive current, and this confirmed in the calculations we did. 3- 2nd stage represented the reverse-bias region of the same graph, and according to the theory if the voltage negative the current we get will be almost zero and neglectable. This idea has been confirmed during 2nd stage. Doing this experiment helped us in having a clear view about Junction Diodes and their characteristics that vary from to another

Results

Forward Junction Device Anode

Reverse

V2 (volt) 0.71

V3 (volt) 0.61

D1

AK

A1

Diode Current [(V2V3)/100 ] 110^(-3) A

V3 (volt) -0.6

Diode Current [(10-V3)/10100 ] 5.94010^(-5) A

D2

AK

A2

0.76

0.58

1.810^(-3) A 910^(-4) A

-0.75

5.64310^(-5) A

D3

AK

A3

0.45

0.36

-0.26

2.5710^(-5) A

D4

AK

A4

1.93

1.85

810^(-4) A

-1.85

1.8110^(-4) A

D5

AK

A5

0.50

0.40

110^(-3) A

-0.38

3.762310^(-5) A 1.68310^(-5) A

D6

AK

A6

0.83

0.74

910^(-4) A

-0.71