
The schematic symbol of light emitting diode is (LED)





Important Questions on Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits


Which of the following statement is correct?




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

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)


The current through the Zener is:

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




Two - photodiodes are fabricated from semiconductors with band gap of and respectively.
Choose the correct statement from the following.

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?

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 ()

What will be the current flowing through the resistor in the circuit shown, where the breakdown voltage of the Zener is







