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    The document discusses different types of diodes and transistors. It describes how diodes operate in forward and reverse bias modes and lists common diode types like Zener diodes, LEDs, and photodiodes. It then explains the operation and characteristics of bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) in cutoff, saturation, and linear modes. Next, it covers junction field effect transistors (JFETs) and how their current varies with reverse-biased gate-source voltage. Finally, it briefly introduces metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and complementary MOS (CMOS) circuits.

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    02/02/2016 EET-2162

    Assignment #1

    - Diodes: are semiconductor devices formed by two doped regions separated by a pn junction. A diode has
    two modes of operation: forward biased and reverse bias. In forward biased mode, the diode acts as a close
    switch having a barrier potential of about 0.7V. In reverse biased mode, the diode acts as an open switch.
    If the supplied voltage is less than 0.7 voltage, the diode is inactive.
    - Some types of diode:
    Zener diodes are used in reverse biased mode in which the voltage across the zener remains nearly
    constant. Zener diodes are used in voltage regulation.
    The Schottky diode has a metal-semiconductor junction. Schottky diodes are primarily used in
    high-frequency and fast-switching applications.
    The LED diode emits light when forward-biased. In contrast, when receiving light, the photodiode
    exhibits a reverse current increasing accordingly with the light intensity.
    The laser diode operates similarly to an LED except that it emits single wavelength light when
    forward-biased.
    The pin diode respectively has three regions: p region, intrinsic region and n region. The pin diode
    acts like a capacitor when reverse-biased and acts like a variable resistor when forward-biased.

    - The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) has three terminals which are called base, collector and emitter.
    Significantly, in active mode, we obtain large current in the collector when giving a small current in the
    base. BJTs can be used as a voltage amplifier or as a switch.
    2 types of BJT: pnp transistor and npn transistor
    Compare three modes of operation in BJT for npn transistor:

    Cutoff IB=0 IC=0 VCE=VCC


    Saturation IB>IC VCE0.2V
    =

    Linear IB=IC VCE=VCC - ICRC

    - The junction field effect transistor (JFET) has three terminals called source(S), gate(G) and drain(D).
    2 types of JFET: P-type and N-type.
    Regarding N-type, JFET operates with a reverse-biased for VGS:
    2

    = (1 ) can only be applied when VGSVGS(off)
    ()

    where VGS(off) is given by manufacture and is negative. JFET is in saturation when VGS=0 and in cutoff
    when VGS=VGS(off).
    Unlike BJTs, FETs are voltage device because FETs dont demand so much current.
    For BJTs, if we increase the base current starting from 0, the mode of operation respectively goes
    from cutoff to linear and finally to saturation. For FET, the mode of operation goes from saturation
    to linear and then cutoff depended on VGS

    - Some types of FET:


    The MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor FET) has no pn junction but its gate is insulated from
    the channel by SiO2 layer. There are E-MOSFET and D-MOSFET.
    D-MOSFET operates with zero, positive or negative V GS while E-MOSFET can not operate with VGS=0.
    MOSFETs are used for amplifier and swiching.
    CMOS is made by combining pairs of p-type and n-type MOSFET for logic functions. CMOSs
    are widely used in integrated circuits such as microprocessors, microcontrollers, RAM, etc.

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