16169230356Osman GLERCAN

Conclusion:
In this experiment we studied the diode characteristics and compared the relationship betweendiode
current and diode voltage. Also, we implemented the rectifier circuits with filtering outputsignal. In the
first part of experiment, we connected a simple diode, resistor and A.C. voltage source
serially. In order to obtain I-V curve, we increased the input voltage of the circuit, thenmeasured the
diode current ID and the diode voltage VD f o r a l l t h e v a l u e s o f V
S. In addition plotting I-V curve, we also calculated the saturation current IS and emission coeffient
. We observed that the diode voltage VD was almost constant when the forward-biasing voltage
wasforced to exceed. In the second part of experiment, we implemented a half-wave rectifier circuitwhich
are used to convert A.C. signal to D.C. We proved that the negative pulses are absorbedand the positive
pulses are passed by diodes when the forward-biasing voltage is exceeded. Finally, we
constructed a full-wave bridge rectifier which provides us to convert negative pulsesto positive pulses
additinally. In this circuit, two diodes work at the same alternance, so thevoltage drop on
the output is doubled(0,6x2=1,2V). In addition, connecting a capasitor at the o u t p u t , w e
filtered the D.C. signal and anal ysed how the s mo oth is changing for
d i s t i n c t capasitor values. To sum up, we learned that how to measure and how to calculate the
diodescharacteristics properties, and compared different kinds of rectification methods.