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Table of Contents

Unit 1 – Introduction to Semiconductors.....................................................................................1

Exercise 1 – Semiconductor Component Identification..............................................................4

Exercise 2 – Circuit Location and Identification ........................................................................6

Unit 2 – Diodes and Half-Wave Rectification..............................................................................9

Exercise 1 – Diode DC Characteristics .....................................................................................14

Exercise 2 – Half-Wave Rectification.......................................................................................16

Unit 3 – Full-Wave Rectification and Filtering .........................................................................19

Exercise 1 – Full-Wave Diode Bridge Rectification.................................................................22

Exercise 2 – Power Supply Filtering.........................................................................................24

Exercise 3 – Voltage Doubler ................................................................................................... 26

Unit 4 – Diode Wave Shaping and Zener Regulation...............................................................29

Exercise 1 – Diode Wave Shaping............................................................................................33

Exercise 2 – The Zener Diode................................................................................................... 35

Exercise 3 – Zener Diode Voltage Regulation..........................................................................37

Unit 5 – Transistor Junctions & PNP DC BIAS .......................................................................39

Exercise 1 – Testing the Junctions of a Transistor....................................................................43

Exercise 2 – PNP Transistor Current Control Circuit ...............................................................45

Unit 6 – Transistor Load Lines and Gain ..................................................................................47

Exercise 1 – Base-Emitter Bias Potentials ................................................................................50

Exercise 2 – Collector Current Versus Base Current................................................................52

Exercise 3 – Transistor Circuit DC Voltages ............................................................................54

Exercise 4 – Transistor Load Lines...........................................................................................56

Appendix A – Safety ................................................................................................................. A-ii