EX.3 Small Signal Analysis of Diode PDF
EX.3 Small Signal Analysis of Diode PDF
EX.3 Small Signal Analysis of Diode PDF
22-08-2019
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Purpose:
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
Let
I VD = DC voltage applied to the diode
I ID = DC current produced by the diode
I Total current or voltage = DC part + AC part:
I vD = VD + vd iD = ID + id
Note: (1) all upper case = DC
(2) all lower case = AC
(3) lower case symbol with upper case subscript = total
voltage or current
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
I If the DC voltage source is sufficiently large (VDD >> VDO ),
we will find that the ideal diode is forward biased
I Now, let’s apply KVL and analyze the circuit given in Fig. 4
I First, we’ll consider the case where the small signal voltage
source is zero (vs = 0). In this case, the remaining DC
sources (VDD and VDO ) produce a DC voltage and current
(VD and ID ).
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
I Thus, the total KVL can be divided into two parts, the DC
equation and the small signal equation, i.e.:
I VDD + vs = (R + rd )ID + VDO + (R + rd )id
I The DC equation is: VDD = (R + rd )ID + VDO
I The small signal equation is: vs = (R + rd )id
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Concept of the Small Signal Model
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Small Signal Analysis
∆V
∆ID = ID1
VT
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Small Signal Analysis in Detail
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Small Signal Incremental Resistance
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Small Signal Incremental Resistance
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Small Sinusoidal Analysis
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Further Reading
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