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ELECTRONIC 1
BTNE 1113 SEMESTER 2 SESI 2011/2012

LAB 2 : BASICS OF DIODE; CLAMPERS AND CLIPPERS

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[ELECTRONIC 1] BTNE 1113 1.0 LAB 2 : BASICS OF DIODE; CLAMPERS AND CLIPPERS. 2.0 OBJECTIVE To observe, explain and design the phenomenon of clipping and clamping using silicon diode. To construct half-wave and full-wave rectifier circuit and explain their waveform and voltage 3.0 STUDY THE CONFIGURATION OF DIODE

THEORY 1: CLIPPER AND CLAMPER. Basic clipper circuit consists of diode and resistor. It is used to clip or eliminate the portion of the alternating signal and also used to convert the alternating signal to a pulsating dc signal. DC battery will be used to provide additional shifts or clips the applied voltage. Basic clamper circuit consists of diode, resistor and capacitor. Clampers are designed to clamp an alternating input signal to a specific dc level. To start the analysis of clamper circuits, we must always consider the connection in forward biased.

THEORY 2: An unregulated power supply consists of a rectifier and a filter. This type of power supply is widely used in application where the dc voltage is not critical. In this experiment you will build and experiment with several power supplies of this type. Electronic equipment needs a source of power. Portable equipment such as transistor radios and calculators operate on batteries. Such equipment is designed to keep current drain in the battery as low as possible to extend battery life. More often, electronics equipment is operated from the DC power line. In these cases special circuits must convert the high voltage ac supplied by the power line to dc at different voltages required by the equipment circuitry. It also called AC to DC converter.

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4.0 EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS

Oscilloscope Function Generator Power Supply Multimeter. Voltage regulation circuit.

5.0 PROCEDURE PART 1: CLIPPER CIRCUIT

Part A: Parallel Clipper V1 2

R = 2.2k V2 2 Si
+

-4/4V
1000 Hz

Vo

E=1.5V
Figure 4.1 1. Simulate the circuit as shown in Figure 4.1. 2. Apply an 8 Vp-p sinusoidal-wave at a frequency of 1 kHz to the input, V1. 3. Observe the output voltage, V2 using dual channel oscilloscope. 4. Reverse the dc supply connection in Figure 4.1 and again, observe the waveform. 5. Construct the clipping network circuit as shown in Fig. 4.1. 6. Repeat step 2 until step 4. 7. Compare the result with simulation waveform.

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Part B: Series Clipper

Si

V1 2
-4/4V
1000 Hz

+ E=1.5V 5V

V2 2 +

R=1k Vo

Figure 4.2

1. Simulate the circuit as shown in Figure 4.2. 2. Apply an 8 Vp-p sinusoidal-wave at a frequency of 1 kHz to the input, V1. 3. Observe the output voltage using dual channel oscilloscope. 4. Reverse the dc supply connection in Figure 4.2 and again, observe the waveform. 5. Construct the clipping network circuit as shown in Fig. 4.2. 6. Repeat step 2 until step 4. 7. Compare the result with simulation waveform.

PART 2: CLAMPING CIRCUIT V1 2

1uF

V2 2 +

-4/4V
1000 Hz

Si 100k Vo

Figure 4.3

1. Simulate the circuit as shown in Figure 4.3. 2. Apply an 8 Vp-p sinusoidal-wave at a frequency of 1 kHz to the input,V1. 3

[ELECTRONIC 1] BTNE 1113 3. Observe the output voltage using dual channel oscilloscope. 4. Reverse the diode connection in Figure 4.3 and again, observe the waveform. 5. Construct the clamping network circuit as shown in figure 4.3. 6. Repeat step 2 until step 4. 7. Compare the result with simulation waveform.

6.0 DISCUSSIONS Based from the experiment, Whats your finding and understand?

7.0 CONCLUSION (What did you learn from this experiment?)