Special Diodes – Exercise – 1

21. Tunnel diode, with its negative resistance characteristics can be employed for :

(a) Current amplification
(b) Voltage amplification
(c) Power amplification
(d) All of the above

Answer
Answer : (a)
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22. Match the following
P. SCR                              (I) Low current SCR without gate
Q. Triac                           (II) Low current SCR with gate
R. Schottky diode         (III) Uni-directional
S. SCS                             (IV) Bi-directional

(a) P – IV, Q – III, R – I, S – II
(b) P – I, Q – II, R – III, S – IV
(c) P – III, Q – IV, R – I, S – II
(d) P -I, Q – IV, R – II, S – III

Answer
Answer : (c)
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23. In a Zener diode :

(a) P & N regions are lightly doped
(b) The depletion region is wide
(c) P & N regions are heavily doped
(d) The junction field current is small

Answer
Answer : (c)
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24. In tunnel diode, the impurity concentration is in the order of :

(a) 1 part in 10^10 parts
(b) 1 part in 10^6 parts
(c) 1 part in 10^9 parts
(d) 1 part in 10^3 parts

Answer
Answer : (d)
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25. Which diode is otherwise known as ESAKI diode ?

(a) PIN diode
(b) Schottky barrier diode
(c) GUNN diode
(d) Tunnel diode

Answer
Answer : (d)
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