ECE Flashcards
Identify the given description
What is electron flow?
Negative to positive and has five electron
Conventional flow
positive to negative and hole, moving in the same direction as the positive charge flow
P-type material
majority carriers is holes
N-type materials
majority carriers are electrons
types of semiconductor
Silicom, Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), Germanium
What is doping
introducing impurity to intrinsic
What is intrinsic
Pure materials
are doped with impurities to increase conductivity
Extrinsic
Atoms with valency 5; such as Arsenic (As), Phosphorous (Pi), Antimony (Sb), etc.
Pentavalent atoms
trivalent atoms
Atoms with valency of 3
P
anode
N
cathode
flow of charges decreases
depletion region
threshold voltage at which imitation of breakdown
breakdown voltage
conduction band
delocalize band of energy
least abandoned condition of the conduction band
bandgap or energy gap
always filled with electrons, formed by a series of energy
valence band
The peak inverse voltage rating of the diode
half-wave rectifier
types of full-wave rectifier
center tapped rectifier and bridge rectifier
allows unidirectional (oneway)
Full-wave rectifier
Eliminates fluctuations
filter
ripple
small amount of fluctuation
variation in capacitor voltage
ripple voltage
Ripple factor
can be lowered by increasing the value of the filter