P-N Junction Diode
In the circuit shown below, the voltage appearing across the diode D will be of the form:
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Answer: (d)
- The diode's cathode faces the source's upper terminal and its anode faces .
- Positive half cycle: the diode is reverse biased, no current flows, so the whole input appears across it: .
- Negative half cycle: the diode is forward biased (ideal), so .
- shows only the positive half cycles with gaps between them. So the answer is (d).