MyQuestionIcon

1

You visited us 1 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

EMF and Terminal Voltage

An experiment...

Question

An experiment is performed to determine V-I characteristic of a zener diode, which has a protective resistance of 100 ohm and a maximum power of dissipation rating of 1W. The minimum voltage range of DC source in the circuit is?

Open in App

Solution

Suggest Corrections

thumbs-up

2

Similar questions

Q. A zener diode having zener voltage

8 V

and power dissipation rating of

0.5 W

is connected across a potential divider arranged with maximum potential drop across zener diode is as shown in the diagram. The value of protective resistance

R_{p}

Ω

Q. The rating of a zener diode is

1 W, 15 V

. Find the zener maximum current.

Q. A Zener diode is specified to have break-down voltage of

9.1 V

with a maximum power dissipation of

364 mW .

What is the maximum current that the diode can handle ?

Q. The figure represents a voltage regulator circuit using a Zener diode. The breakdown voltage of the Zener diode is 6V and the load resistance is

R_{L} = 4 k Ω

. The series resistance of the circuit is

R_{i} = 1 k Ω

. If the battery voltage

V_{B}

8 V

16 V

, what are the minimum and maximum values of the current through Zener diode ?

Q. The circuit shown below is working as a

8 V

DC, regulated voltage source. When

12 V

is used as input, the power dissipated

in mW

in each diode is; (considering both Zener diodes are identical)_______.

View More

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

similar_icon

Related Videos

lock

EMF and Terminal Voltage_Tackle

PHYSICS

Watch in App

explore_more_icon

Explore more

EMF and Terminal Voltage

Standard X Physics

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

CrossIcon