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Title: Diode Experiments

This set of 4 minilabs provides an opportunity for understanding diode behavior and
common applications.

Objective:

• Measure the I-V curve of a diode

• Observe the behavior of a half rectifier circuit

• Observe the behavior of a full rectifier circuit

• Build and measure the ripple of a full rectifier AC to DC converter

Materials:

• NI myDAQ

• 4 diodes

• 1 10 Ohm resistor

• 1 1k Ohm resistor

• 1 10uF electrolytic capacitor

• Wire

• Solderless Breadboard (recommended)

Background:

Diodes are very useful non-linear semiconductor devices. This series of 4 minilabs
covers diode analysis and common rectifier circuits and their applications. These
labs depend on students having been introduced to diode theory in a lecture course
utilizing these minilabs.

Mini-Lab I: Diode I-V Curve Tracer


Reference: Ulaby, Circuits (2009): Section 2-7.2 The Diode: A Solid-State
Nonlinear

1. Use the myDAQ DMM diode measurement instrument to determine the polarity
of the diode. Which of the following is the correct relationship between the
diode symbol and physical markings (A or B, circle one)? Keep in mind that the
current should flow the direction of the arrow.
A)

B)

2. Now that you’re familiar with the proper orientation of the physical diode,
create the following circuit and connect it to the myDAQ screw terminal
connector.

3. Write a LabVIEW VI that plots the I-V curve of the diode. Use the following
coding strategy:

The following VI can be used to measure and plot the IV curve of the diode.
(This LabVIEW 2009 code snippet is executable in LabVIEW 2009 by dragging-and-
dropping it onto a LabVIEW 2009 block diagram from a web browser or from a .png
image file saved to disk.)

4. Sketch the resulting Diode curve

5. Calculate Vd, the diode voltage based on the plot.

Measured Vd = ________________
Tips & Tricks

Mini-Lab II: Half-Wave Rectifier Circuit


Reference: Ulaby, Circuits (2009): Section 7-10 Application Note: Power-
Supply

6. Reconfigure the circuit in the following way to build a half-wave rectifier circuit:

7. Sketch the output signal from the myDAQ oscilloscope

8. Describe what’s going on based on the IV curve from the first mini-lab.

Tips & Tricks

• The power supply in the schematic is reproduced in the real circuit using the
ELVISmx Function Generator instrument through analog output channel 0.
• Enable trigging on the ELVISmx Oscilloscope by setting Trigger Type to Edge.
Set the Trigger Level to a value larger than 0, since there is not zero crossing.

• Adjust the function generator to 60 Hz and 3 Volts peak-to-peak which is


close to 1 Vrms

• Move the oscilloscope leads (AI 0+ and AI0-) around to understand what’s
going on at various stages in the circuit

Mini-Lab III: Full-Wave Rectifier Circuit


Reference: Ulaby, Circuits (2009): Section 7-10 Application Note: Power-
Supply

9. Reconfigure the circuit in the following way to build a full-wave rectifier circuit:

10.Sketch the output signal from the myDAQ oscilloscope

11.Describe what’s going on based on the IV curve from the first mini-lab.
Tips & Tricks

• The power supply in the schematic is reproduced in the real circuit using the
ELVISmx Function Generator instrument through analog output channel 0.

• Enable trigging on the ELVISmx Oscilloscope by setting Trigger Type to Edge.


Set the Trigger Level to a value larger than 0, since there is not zero crossing.

• Adjust the function generator to 60 Hz and 3 Volts peak-to-peak which is


close to 1 Vrms

• Move the oscilloscope leads (AI 0+ and AI0-) around to understand what’s
going on at various stages in the circuit

Mini-Lab III: Challenge Problem- Full Wave Rectifier to AC-DC


Converter
12.Reconfigure the circuit in the following way to build a power supply circuit:

13.Sketch the output signal from the myDAQ oscilloscope


14.Describe what’s going on based on the IV curve from the first mini-lab.

Tips & Tricks

• The power supply in the schematic is reproduced in the real circuit using the
ELVISmx Function Generator instrument through analog output channel 0.

• Enable trigging on the ELVISmx Oscilloscope by setting Trigger Type to Edge.


Set the Trigger Level to a value larger than 0, since there is not zero crossing.

• Adjust the function generator to 60 Hz and 3 Volts peak-to-peak which is


close to 1 Vrms

• Move the oscilloscope leads (AI 0+ and AI0-) around to understand what’s
going on at various stages in the circuit

Related Links
• Prototyping on a circuits on a solderless breadboard

• Measuring diode voltage with NI myDAQ DMM

• Programming myDAQ with LabVIEW

• Diode Basics

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