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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