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The action of changing alternating current to direct current is called:

Compared to bipolar transistor, a JFET has

Avalanche breakdown results basically due to

The total secondary voltage in a center-tapped full-wave rectifier is 125 rms. Neglecting the diode drop, the rms output voltage is

The varactor diode is usually

A 60 V peak full-wave rectified voltage is applied to a capacitor-input filter. If f = 120 Hz. RL = 10 k Ω and C = 10 μF, the ripple voltage is

The primary purpose of a Zener diode is to:

Line regulation is determined by

Which of the following diodes is operated in reverse bias mode ?

Zener diodes are used as:

The peak value of the input to a half-wave rectifier is 10 V. The approximate peak value of the output is

In a semiconductor diode, electrons flow from:

Zener diodes are most commonly used in:

The diode in which impurities are heavily doped is

A transistor in common emitter mode has

Which configuration has unity voltage gain (ideal)

A silicon diode is in series with 1.0 kΩ resistor and a 5 V battery. If the anode is connected to the positive battery terminal, the cathode voltage with respect to the negative battery terminal is

For a silicon diode, the value of the forward-bias voltage typically

Compared to bipolar transistors, field effect transistors are NOT normally characterized by:

A transistor can be destroyed in a circuit by:


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