THE UNIVERSITY OF ASIA PACIFIC

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS- I LAB PRACTICE

COURSE NO. EEE202

EXPT. NO. 3 Name of the Experiment: STUDY OF DIODE CLIPPING AND CLAMPING CIRCUITS

OBJECTIVE :
To study the application of diodes in different clipping and clamping circuits.

EQUIPMENTS:
Project Board p-n junction Diode(1N400 ! 4. " #ener Dode %esistor (1&! 'apacitor (10()! *ultimeter +ignal generator ,scilloscope 'hords and -ire 1 piece 1 piece $ pieces 1 piece 1 piece 1 unit 1 piece 1 unit lot

PREVIEW : LIMITER/CLIPPER
.imiter or clippers are used to cut-off or eliminate a portion of an ac signal. / limiter can 0e reali1ed 0y using diode2 resistor and a D' source as sho-n in circuit diagram 1. / typical 0loc3 diagram of a clipper circuit is sho-n 0elo-4

LIMITER/ CLIPPER
INPUT SIGNAL OUTPUT SIGNAL

CLAMPER
The clamper circuit is one that -ill clamp a signal to a different dc le5el. / clamping circuit can reali1ed using a diode2 resistor and a capacitor as sho-n in circuit diagram $. / typical 0loc3 diagram of a clamper circuit is sho-n 0elo-4

CLAMPER
INPUT SIGNAL OUTPUT SIGNAL

PERFORMANCE 1 (OBSERVING THE DIODE CLIPPING CIRCUIT)

Notes for the students: Read the theory carefully before starting the experiment. Let your setup be checked by your lab instructor before connecting to the power supply. Proc !"r :
1. 'onstruct circuit of Circuit diagram 1. /pply 1#V p-p 5oltage to the /' signal and set the fre6uency to $##H%. ,0ser5e the input 5oltage (" i! and the output ("o! simultaneously on the oscilloscope in D7/. *,D8. +3etch input and output -a5eforms in the Gr&'( 1 in the O)* r+&,-o. S( space. $. ,0ser5e the -a5eforms in 9: *,D8. +3etch input and output -a5eforms in the Gr&'( 1 in the O)* r+&,-o. S( space. , in their allotted

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Circuit Diagram 1

3 ;. %e5erse the polarity of the diode and repeat the step 1 and $. 4. 'onstruct circuit of Circuit diagram 2. /pply 1/V p-p 5oltage to the /' signal and set the fre6uency to $##H%. ,0ser5e the input 5oltage (" i! and the output ("o! simultaneously on the oscilloscope in D7/. *,D8. +3etch input and output -a5eforms in the Gr&'( 1 in the O)* r+&,-o. S( space. , in their allotted

Circuit Diagram 1

<. %epeat the step $.

PERFORMANCE 0 (OBSERVING THE DIODE CLAMPING CIRCUIT)

Notes for the students : Read the theory carefully before starting the experiment. Let your setup be checked by your lab instructor before connecting to the power supply. Proc !"r :
'onstruct circuit of Circuit diagram 3. /pply 1#V p-p +=7/%8 >/"8 to the input and set the fre6uency to $##H%. ,0ser5e the input 5oltage (" i! and the output ("o! simultaneously on the oscilloscope in D7/. *,D8. +3etch input and output -a5eforms in the Gr&'( 0 in the O)* r+&,-o. S( , in their allotted space. %e5erse the polarity of the diode and repeat the step 1. 1

circuit diagram 3

OBSERVATION SHEET
Notes for the students : During your experiment you have to collect and tabulate the data in this sheet. You will be submitting it to your instructor in the next lab .

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