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AAKASH SERIES-SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES-Exercise (very Short answer questions)
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  7. What is the use of a Zener diode?

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  8. In which bias zener diode characteristic is same as that of function d...

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  9. Distinguish half wave and full wave rectifiers

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  10. In half-wave rectification, what is the output frequency if the input ...

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  11. Can a zener diode be used in place junction diode in rectifier circuit...

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  12. What is a transistor ? i)What is a transistor ? ii) In an n-p-n tr...

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  13. Draw the circuit symbols for p-np and n-p-n transistors.

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  14. Define amplifier and amplification factor.

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  15. Can two diodes combined back to back as shown in figure from a transis...

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  16. In common base configuration, current gain (alpha) is defined as the r...

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  17. What will be the relation between alpha and beta ?

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  18. Define voltage gain and power gain.

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  19. Write the uses of photo diode.

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  20. Write the uses of light emitting diode.

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