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After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
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• Explain the process of doping a semiconductor to produce both n- and p-type material. |
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• Describe the basic construction of a diode. |
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• Draw the schematic symbol of a diode and identify the anode and cathode terminals. |
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• Describe how to forward- and reverse-bias a diode. |
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• Test a diode with an analog VOM or DMM. |
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• Explain the operation of a half-wave and full-wave rectifier. |
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• Calculate the output voltage of half-wave and full-wave rectifiers. |
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• Explain the effect of a capacitor filter on the operation of half-wave and full-wave rectifiers. |
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• List the characteristics of a light-emitting diode (LED). |
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• List the forward- and reverse-bias characteristics of a zener diode. |
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• Calculate the voltage and current values in a loaded zener voltage regulator. |