Tag: Semiconductors

Conduction of current through P type semiconductor Let us see that what happens when we connect a battery across a ...

It is a three region reverse biased junction diode. A layer of intrinsic silicon is sandwiched between two heavily doped ...

Let us see what happens if we connect a battery across an N type semiconductor as shown in below figure. ...

Rectifiers may be classified into the following two categories depending upon the period of conduction, Half wave rectifier Full wave ...

Three capacitor defects are detectable with an ohmmeter are short, open and partial short. If the capacitor is in a ...

The V-I characteristic of an IGBT shows the plot of collector current IC versus collector emitter voltage VCE for various values of gate ...

We have already discussed that, the current that a PN junction diode can conduct at a given voltage is dependent ...

The optical transducer  convert light into electrical quantity. They are also called as photoelectric transducers. The optical transducer can be ...

Extrinsic semiconductor We have already know that an intrinsic semiconductor has a negligible conductivity at room temperature. Therefore, it is ...

    Transistor shunt regulator The circuit diagram of transistor shunt regulator is shown in above. the transistor is connected ...