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    This document discusses different models of diodes including the ideal diode model, exponential model, constant voltage drop model, and small-signal model. It provides details on each model, important points about PN junctions like how barrier voltage and reverse saturation current change with temperature, and examples of graphical and iterative analysis using the exponential model. The exponential model is described as the most accurate for the forward region but also the most difficult to use. The constant voltage drop model assumes a voltage drop of 0.7V and is the simplest model. The small-signal model represents the diode as a resistance equal to the inverse of the tangent slope at the operating bias point for small-signal AC analysis around that point.

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    This document discusses different models of diodes including the ideal diode model, exponential model, constant voltage drop model, and small-signal model. It provides details on each model, important points about PN junctions like how barrier voltage and reverse saturation current change with temperature, and examples of graphical and iterative analysis using the exponential model. The exponential model is described as the most accurate for the forward region but also the most difficult to use. The constant voltage drop model assumes a voltage drop of 0.7V and is the simplest model. The small-signal model represents the diode as a resistance equal to the inverse of the tangent slope at the operating bias point for small-signal AC analysis around that point.

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    Diodes

    by
    Vishal Rathee
    EN Dept.
    RCOEM, Nagpur
    Diode-Models
    1) Ideal Diode Model
    2)The Exponential Model
    3) Constant Voltage Drop Model
    4) The Small-Signal Model

    Some Important Points about PN Junction


    1) Barrier voltage decreases by 2mV/degree Celsius for both Ge
    and Si diodes.
    2) Is (Reverse Saturation Current) of diode increases with increase
    in the temperature and doubles for every 10 degree Celsius rise
    in temperature
    3) Reverse breakdown voltage (VR) also increases as we increase
    the temperature.
    4) V-I characteristics of diode in forward region shifts to the left at
    a rate of 2.5mV per degree Celsius rise in temperature.
    The Exponential Model
    • It gives the most accurate description of the diode operation in the forward region.
    • However, its severely nonlinear nature makes this model the most difficult to use

    Assuming that VDD is greater than 0.5 V or so, the diode current will be much greater
    than Is
    (4.6)

    (4.7)
    Graphical Analysis Using the Exponential Model

    To get two extreme ends of Load Line first put VD = 0 and find ID. Then put ID =0 and
    find VD in the above equation.
    Iterative Analysis Using the Exponential Model

    Above equations can be solved using a simple iterative procedure, as illustrated in the
    following example.

    Fig. 4.10
    Iterative Analysis Using the Exponential Model
    The Constant-Voltage-Drop Model
    • The simplest and most widely used diode model is the constant-voltage-drop model.
    • The model assumes voltage drop across diode to be constant at a value, say, 0.7 V
    The Constant-Voltage-Drop Model
    Numericals
    D4.11
    The Small-Signal Model
    •There are applications in which a diode is biased to operate at a point on
    the forward i–v characteristic and a small ac signal is superimposed on the
    dc quantities.
    •Then, for small-signal operation around the dc bias point, the diode is
    modeled by a resistance equal to the inverse of the slope of the tangent
    to the exponential i–v characteristic at the bias point
    The
    Small-Signal
    Model
    The Small-Signal Model
    The Small-Signal Model
    The Small-Signal Model

    •It is easy to see that using the small-signal approximation is equivalent to assuming
    that the signal amplitude is sufficiently small such that the excursion along the i–v
    curve is limited to a short almost-linear segment.
    •Dc Bias Point or Quiescent Point , same as defined earlier in small signal model as
    well.
    The Small-Signal Model

    Vout = Vin *R2/(R1 +R2)

    * Note: To convert a DC model into an AC model , replace DC source with AC source and active
    components like diode, transistor , MOSFET etc. with its equivalent small signal model. Passive
    components are to be kept as it is.
    The Small-Signal Model
    Thank You

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