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A p-n junction forms when p-type and n-type semiconductor regions meet, creating a depletion layer, barrier potential and rectifying action. The work covers forward and reverse bias, junction current, diode characteristics, and how a diode converts alternating current into pulsating direct current through half-wave and full-wave rectification.

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  • A. Diode
  • B. Resistor
  • C. Photodiode
  • D. Capacitor

Explanation: An LED is a p-n junction that emits light when forward biased, while a photodiode is designed to detect light and is commonly operated in…

Correct answer: Photodiode
  • A. The light emitting diodes
  • B. Photo diodes
  • C. Photo voltaic cell
  • D. Solar cells.

Explanation: A photodiode is a semiconductor diode designed to respond rapidly to incident light, so it can convert light pulses into electrical pulses…

Correct answer: Photo diodes
  • A. n-carriers only
  • B. p-carriers only
  • C. p-carriers and n-carriers respectively
  • D. n-carriers and p-carriers respectively

Explanation: A trivalent acceptor impurity creates holes, which are p-type carriers, while a pentavalent donor impurity contributes extra electrons…

Correct answer: p-carriers and n-carriers respectively
  • A. Logic gates
  • B. Boolean algebra
  • C. Amplifier gain
  • D. Logic functions

Explanation: Logic gates are electronic circuits designed to perform Boolean operations such as AND, OR, and NOT on binary signals.

Correct answer: Logic gates
  • A. Increases
  • B. Decreases
  • C. Remains same
  • D. No effect

Explanation: Forward bias opposes the built-in electric field of a p-n junction, reducing the depletion-layer width and lowering the potential barrier.

Correct answer: Decreases
  • A. 2
  • B. 3
  • C. 4
  • D. 5Education

Explanation: Silicon has four valence electrons, so doping it with a trivalent atom leaves one incomplete bond and produces a hole, making the crystal…

Correct answer: 3
  • A. Step up transformer
  • B. Step down transformer
  • C. Three diodes in common
  • D. Triode vacuum tube

Explanation: A transistor amplifier, like a triode vacuum tube, uses a small input signal to control a much larger output signal through a controlled…

Correct answer: Triode vacuum tube
  • A. Non-inverting voltage at output
  • B. Reference voltage on the other
  • C. Virtual input
  • D. Output

Explanation: An op-amp comparator compares the voltage applied to one input with a reference voltage applied to the other input, and its output…

Correct answer: Reference voltage on the other
  • A. That the emitter be heated
  • B. That the base be heated
  • C. That the collector be heated
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: A transistor operates through electrical biasing of its emitter, base, and collector junctions; none of these regions must be heated for…

Correct answer: None of the above
  • A. 2
  • B. 3
  • C. 4
  • D. 5

Explanation: Germanium has four valence electrons, and doping it with a pentavalent impurity supplies one extra free electron, producing an n-type…

Correct answer: 5
  • A. A high gain amplifier
  • B. A high-power amplifier
  • C. A high resistance amplifier
  • D. A low resistance amplifierStereo Systems & Components

Explanation: An operational amplifier is designed to have a very large open-loop voltage gain, so even a small differential input can produce a…

Correct answer: A high gain amplifier
  • A. is located on the emitter
  • B. is located on the base
  • C. is locate on the collector
  • D. points form north to south

Explanation: The arrow in a transistor symbol is placed on the emitter and shows the direction of conventional current, with NPN pointing out and PNP…

Correct answer: is located on the emitter
  • A. antimony
  • B. phosphorus
  • C. aluminium
  • D. arsenic

Explanation: Antimony, phosphorus and arsenic are pentavalent impurities, so they donate an extra electron to silicon or germanium and form n-type…

Correct answer: aluminium
  • A. minority carriers
  • B. majority carriers
  • C. holes
  • D. electron

Explanation: In forward bias, the potential barrier and depletion width decrease, allowing the abundant majority carriers to cross the junction and…

Correct answer: majority carriers
  • A. during the manufacturing process
  • B. under forward bias
  • C. under reverse bias
  • D. when temperature varies

Explanation: When p-type and n-type materials are joined, majority carriers diffuse across the junction and leave fixed ions behind, creating the…

Correct answer: during the manufacturing process
  • A. equal to emitter current
  • B. slightly less than emitter current
  • C. greater than emitter current
  • D. any of above

Explanation: The emitter current divides into collector and base currents according to Ie = Ic + Ib, so the collector current is slightly less than the…

Correct answer: slightly less than emitter current
  • A. n
  • B. p
  • C. mix
  • D. any of above

Explanation: A donor atom contributes an extra electron to the crystal, making free electrons the majority carriers and producing an n-type…

Correct answer: n
  • A. The switch
  • B. The light emitting diode
  • C. The photo diodes
  • D. Solar cells.

Explanation: A light-emitting diode produces light when electrons and holes recombine at a forward-biased junction and release energy as photons.

Correct answer: The light emitting diode
  • A. insulator
  • B. conductor
  • C. semi conductor
  • D. any of aboveOrdering Wholesale Electronic Components For Circuits

Explanation: Insulators have the largest forbidden energy gap, so electrons require much more energy to move from the valence band to the conduction…

Correct answer: insulator
  • A. holes in n-type and free electrons in p-type
  • B. holes in n-type and p-type
  • C. free electrons in n-type and holes in p-type
  • D. free electrons in n-type and p-type

Explanation: In n-type material, electrons are majority carriers, so holes are minority carriers; in p-type material, holes are majority carriers, so…

Correct answer: holes in n-type and free electrons in p-type