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Important Questions on Semiconductor Devices
What will be the current flowing through the resistor in the circuit shown, where the breakdown voltage of the Zener is

The value of the resistor, , needed in the DC voltage regulator circuit shown here, equals:

In the circuit shown, what will be the current through the zener?





Take the breakdown voltage of the zener diode used in the given circuit as . For the input voltage shown in the figure below, the time variation of the output voltage is: (Graphs drawn are schematic and not to the scale)

Consider the following statements (A) and (B) and identify the correct answer.
(A) A Zener diode is connected in reverse bias when used as a voltage regulator.
(B) The potential barrier of junction lies between to .




The current through the Zener is:

For the circuit shown below, calculate the value of




In case of a p-n junction diode at high value of reverse bias, the current rises sharply. The value of reverse bias is known as


The zener diode has a . The current passing through the diode for the following circuit is___



Two Zener diodes ( and ) having breakdown voltages of and respectively, are connected as shown in the circuit below. The output voltage variation with input voltage linearly increasing with time, is given by ()


The Zener diode shown in the figure has negligible resistance and a knee current of . The minimum value of so that the voltage across it does not fall below is

