At a glance
- 2 practice hours per week
- 1 credit
Prerequisites
Topics Covered
- Building diode-based circuits using Multisim
- Study of diode characteristics (forward and reverse bias)
- Study of power ratings of circuits built with diodes and resistors
- Half-wave, full-wave, and bridge rectifiers circuits
- Design and analysis of rectifier circuits
- Computation and measurement of DC and peak and RMS voltages
- Design and analysis of diode-based series/parallel clipper circuits
- Design and analysis of diode-based clamper circuits
- Design of clipper and clampers for generating various output waveforms
- Design of voltage doubler circuits
Learning Resources
- Boylestad, R. L., & Nashelsky, L. (2012). Electronic devices and circuit theory (11th edition). Pearson.