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3.3- Modeling the Diode
Forward Characteristic
A. Exact Solutions
HO: Transcendental Solutions of Junction Diode
Circuits
B. Approximate Solutions
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HO:The Ideal Diode Model
HO: The Constant Voltage Drop Model
HO: The Piecewise Linear Model
HO: Constructing the PWL Model
Example: Constructing a PWL Model
Example: Junction Diode Models
Example: Another Junction Diode Model Example
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C. Small-Signal Analysis
HO: DC and Small-Signal Components
e . g ., vD (t ) = 0.7V
∴VD = 0.7 and vd (t ) = 0.0
HO: Small-Signal Circuit Analysis
HO: Steps for Small-Signal Circuit Analysis
Example: Junction Diode Small-Signal Analysis
Jim Stiles
The Univ. of Kansas
Dept. of EECS