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Diode Circuits

Now we can analyze circuits containing diodes. We begin with the simple diode biasing circuit of Figure 77, and in §7.4 we look at rectifiers.

We take V_S=5 V, and R=1 k$\Omega$.

  

Figure 77: Diode biasing circuit.

The ideal model Figure 73 would say that the diode voltage is v=0 with current

$$i = \frac{V_S}{R} = 5 \ {\rm mA}$$

However, this calculation is not accurate (but gives the rough values).