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CHAPTER 10
Exercises
E10.1 Solving Equation 10.1 for the saturation current and substituting values,
we have
iD
Is
exp(vD / nVT ) 1
10 4
exp(0.600 / 0.026) 1
9.502 10 15 A
E10.3 The load line equation is VSS RiD vD . The load-line plots are shown on
the next page. From the plots we find the following operating points:
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E10.4 Following the methods of Example 10.4 in the book, we determine that:
(a) For RL 1200 , RT 600 , and VT 12 V.
(b) For RL 400 , RT 300 , and VT 6 V.
The corresponding load lines are:
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At the intersections of the load lines with the diode characteristic we
find (a) vL vD 9.4 V ; (b) vL vD 6.0 V .
E10.5 Writing a KVL equation for the loop consisting of the source, the
resistor, and the load, we obtain:
15 100(iL iD ) vD
The corresponding load lines for the three specified values of iL are
shown:
E10.6 Assuming that D1 and D2 are both off results in this equivalent circuit:
Because the diodes are assumed off, no current flows in any part of the
circuit, and the voltages across the resistors are zero. Writing a KVL
equation around the left-hand loop we obtain vD 1 10 V, which is not
consistent with the assumption that D1 is off.
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E10.7 Assuming that D1 and D2 are both on results in this equivalent circuit:
Writing a KVL equation around the outside loop, we find that the voltage
across the 4-kΩ resistor is 7 V and then we use Ohm’s law to find that
iD1 equals 1.75 mA. The voltage across the 6-kΩ resistance is 3 V so ix is
0.5 mA. Then we have iD 2 ix iD 1 1.25 mA, which is not consistent
with the assumption that D2 is on.
E10.8 (a) If we assume that D1 is off, no current flows, the voltage across the
resistor is zero, and the voltage across the diode is 2 V, which is not
consistent with the assumption. If we assume that the diode is on, 2 V
appears across the resistor, and a current of 0.5 mA circulates clockwise
which is consistent with the assumption that the diode is on. Thus the
diode is on.
(c) It turns out that the correct assumption is that D3 is off and D4 is
on. The equivalent circuit for this condition is:
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For this circuit we find that iD 4 5 mA and vD 3 5 V. These results
are consistent with the assumptions.
E10.9 (a) With RL = 10 kΩ, it turns out that the diode is operating on line
segment C of Figure 10.19 in the book. Then the equivalent circuit is:
(b) With RL = 1 kΩ, it turns out that the diode is operating on line
segment B of Figure 10.19 in the book, for which the diode equivalent is
an open circuit. Then the equivalent circuit is:
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E10.10 The piecewise linear model consists of a voltage source and resistance in
series for each segment. Refer to Figure 10.18 in the book and notice
that the x-axis intercept of the line segment is the value of the voltage
source, and the reciprocal of the slope is the resistance. Now look at
Figure 10.22a and notice that the intercept for segment A is zero and
the reciprocal of the slope is (2 V)/(5 mA) = 400 Ω. Thus as shown in
Figure 10.22b, the equivalent circuit for segment A consists of a 400-Ω
resistance.
Similarly for segment B, the x-axis intercept is +1.5 V and the reciprocal
slope is (0.5 mA)/(5 V) = 10 kΩ.
For segment C, the intercept is -5.5 V and the reciprocal slope is 800 Ω.
Notice that the polarity of the voltage source is reversed in the
equivalent circuit because the intercept is negative.
(a) The peak current occurs when the sine wave source attains its peak
amplitude, then the voltage across the resistor is Vm VB 20 14 6 V
and the peak current is 0.6 A.
(b) Refer to Figure 10.25 in the book. The diode changes state at the
instants for which Vm sin(t ) VB . Thus we need the roots of
20 sin(t ) 14. These turn out to be t1 0.7754 radians and
t2 0.7754 radians.
1.591 1.591T
The interval that the diode is on is t2 t1 0.2532T .
2
Thus the diode is on for 25.32% of the period.
E10.13 For the circuit of Figure 10.28, we need to allow for two diode drops.
Thus the peak input voltage required is Vm 15 Vr /2 2 0.7 16.6 V.
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Because this is a full-wave rectifier, the capacitance is given by Equation
10.12. C (ILT ) /(2Vr ) (0.1 /60) / 0.8 2083 F.
(a) For this circuit all of the diodes are off if 1.8 vo 10 . With the
diodes off, no current flows and vo vin . When vin exceeds 10 V, D1 turns
on and D2 is in reverse breakdown. Then vo 9.4 0.6 10 V. When vin
becomes less than -1.8 V diodes D3, D4, and D5 turn on and
vo 3 0.6 1.8 V. The transfer characteristic is shown in Figure
10.31c.
(b) ) For this circuit both diodes are off if 5 vo 5 . With the diodes
off, no current flows and vo vin .
E10.15 Answers are shown in Figure 10.32c and d. Other correct answers exist.
(b) If the output voltage begins to fall below -5 V, the diodes conduct
large amounts of current and change the voltage vC across the capacitor.
Once the capacitor voltage is changed so that the output cannot fall
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below -5 V, the capacitor voltage remains constant. Thus the output
voltage is vo vin vC 2sin(t ) 3 V.
(c) If the 15-V source is replaced by a short circuit, the diodes do not
conduct, vC = 0, and vo = vin.
E10.17 One answer is shown in Figure 10.35. Other correct answers exist.
E10.18 One design is shown in Figure 10.36. Other correct answers are possible.
E10.20 For the Q-point analysis, refer to Figure 10.42 in the book. Allowing for
a forward diode drop of 0.6 V, the diode current is
V 0.6
IDQ C
RC
The dynamic resistance of the diode is
nVT
rd
IDQ
the resistance Rp is given by Equation 10.23 which is
1
Rp
1 / RC 1 / RL 1 / rd
and the voltage gain of the circuit is given by Equation 10.24.
Rp
Av
R Rp
Evaluating we have
VC (V) 1.6 10.6
IDQ (mA) 0.5 5.0
rd (Ω) 52 5.2
Rp (Ω) 49.43 5.173
Av 0.3308 0.04919
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Problems
P10.1 A one-way valve that allows fluid to flow in one direction but not in the
other is an analogy for a diode.
P10.2
P10.3
P10.4 The Shockley equation gives the diode current iD in terms of the applied
voltage vD :
v
iD I s exp D 1
nVT
where I s is the saturation current, and n is the emission coefficient
which takes values between 1 and 2. The voltage VT is the thermal
voltage given by
kT
VT
q
where T is the temperature of the junction in kelvins, k 1.38 1023
joules/kelvin is Boltzmann's constant, and q 1.60 1019 coulombs is the
magnitude of the electrical charge of an electron.
P10.8*
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P10.9
P10.13 For part (a), Equation 10.3 gives the diode voltage in terms of the current
as
vD nVT ln iD / Is 1
For part (b) with a 100-Ω resistance in series, the terminal voltage is
v v D 100iD
A MATLAB program to obtain the desired plots is:
log10_of_id = -5:0.01:-2;
id = 10.^log10_of_id;
vd = 2*0.026*log((id/20e-9) + 1);
v = vd + 100*id;
semilogy(v,id)
hold
semilogy(vd,id)
(Note in MATLAB log is the natural logarithm.) The resulting plots are
shown:
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The plot for part (a) is a straight line. The series resistance is relatively
insignificant for currents less than 0.1 mA and is certainly significant for
currents greater than 1 mA.
P10.14*
(b) We have
iD Is exp v nVT 1
Is exp v nVT
Solving for I s , we obtain
iD
Is
exp v nVT
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For diode A, the temperature is TA 300 K , and we have
kTA 1.38 1023 300
VTA 25.88 mV
q 1.6 1019
0.100
I sA 1.792 1013 A
exp 0.700 0.02588
0.2 IA IB
0.2 1.792 1013 exp v 0.02588 3.583 1013 exp v 0.02631
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Finally, the solution is at the intersection of the load line and the
characteristic as shown:
P10.20 (a) In a series circuit, the total voltage is the sum of the voltages across
the individual devices. Thus, we add the characteristics horizontally. The
overall volt-ampere characteristic is
(b) In a parallel circuit, the overall current is the sum of the currents
through the individual devices. Thus, we add the characteristics
vertically. The overall volt-ampere characteristic is
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P10.21 The load-line construction is:
P10.22 A Zener diode is a diode intended for operation in the reverse breakdown
region. It is typically used to provide a source of constant voltage. The
volt-ampere characteristic of an ideal 5.8-V Zener diode is:
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P10.23* The circuit diagram of a simple voltage regulator is:
P10.24 Refer to Figure 10.14 in the book. As the load resistance becomes
smaller, the reverse current through the Zener diode becomes smaller in
magnitude. The smallest load resistance for which the load voltage
remains at 10 V corresponds to zero diode current. Then, the load
current is equal to the current through the 100- resistor given by
iL (15 10) / 100 50 mA. Thus, the smallest load resistance is
RL vo / iL 200 .
P10.25 We need to choose Rs so the minimum reverse current through the Zener
diode is zero. Minimum current through the Zener occurs with minimum
Vs and maximum iL. Also, we can write:
V v L
iZ s iL
Rs
Substituting values, we have
85
iZ 0 0.15
Rs
Solving for the resistance we find Rs 20 .
Maximum power dissipation in the resistance occurs for maximum Vs.
(V v ) 2 (12 5) 2
Pmax s max L 2.45 W
Rs Rs
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We must be careful to choose the value of R small enough so I z remains
positive for all values of source voltage and load current. (Keep in mind
that the Zener diode cannot supply power.) From the circuit, we can
write
V V
Iz s L IL
R
Minimum I z occurs for IL 100 mA and Vs 8 V . Solving for the
maximum value allowed for R, we have
V V 85
Rmax s L 30
Iz I L 0 0.1
Thus, we must choose the value of R to be less than 30 . We need to
allow some margin for component tolerances and some design margin.
However, we do not want to choose R too small because the current and
power dissipation in the diode becomes larger as R becomes smaller.
Thus, a value of about 24 would be suitable. (This is a standard value.)
With this value of R, we have
V 5
IR max s max 208 mA
R
IZ max IR max 208 mA
PR max IR max R 1.04 W
2
P10.27 Refer to the solution to Problem P10.26. In the present case, we have
Rmax 10 , and we could choose R 8.2 because this is a standard
value and we need to provide some design margin. With this value, we
have
IR max IZ max 610 mA
P10.28 Refer to the solution to Problem P10.26. In the present case, we have
Rmax 3.0 , and we would choose R 2.4 because this is a standard
value and we need to provide some design margin. With this value, we
have
IR max IZ max 2.08 A
Vt Rt iD vD
Next, plot this equation on the device characteristics and find the value
of vD and iD at the intersection of the load line and the device
characteristic. After the device current and voltage have been found,
the original circuit can be solved by standard methods.
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P10.31 If we remove the diode, the Thévenin equivalent for the remaining circuit
consists of a 5-V source in series with a 1-k resistance. The load line is
At the intersection of the characteristic and the load line, we have the
device current i1 3.0 mA. Then, applying KCL to the original circuit, we
have i2 10 i1 7.0 mA.
P10.32 If we remove the diode, the Thévenin equivalent for the remaining circuit
consists of a 10-V source in series with a 5-k resistance. The load line
is
P10.34 An ideal diode acts as a short circuit as long as current flows in the
forward direction. It acts as an open circuit provided that there is
reverse voltage across it. The volt-ampere characteristic is shown in
Figure 10.15 in the text. After solving a circuit with ideal diodes, we
must check to see that forward current flows in diodes assumed to be on,
and we must check to see that reverse voltage appears across all diodes
assumed to be off.
P10.35 The equivalent circuit for two ideal diodes in series pointing in opposite
directions is an open circuit because current cannot flow in the reverse
direction for either diode.
The equivalent circuit for two ideal diodes in parallel pointing in opposite
directions is a short circuit because one of the diodes is forward
conducting for either direction of current flow.
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P10.37 (a) The diode is on, V 0 and I 2 mA.
5000
6
(c) The diode is on, V 0 and I 2 mA.
3000
(b) Vin D1 D2 D3 D4 V I
0 on on on on 0 0
2 on on on on 2V 2 mA
6 off on on off 5V 5 mA
10 off on on off 5V 5 mA
P10.39 (a) The output is high if either or both of the inputs are high. If both
inputs are low the output is low. This is an OR gate.
(b) The output is high only if both inputs are high. This is an AND gate.
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P10.40
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P10.43
v Rai Va
P10.44 We know that the line passes through the points (2 V, 5 mA) and (3 V, 15
mA). Thus, the slope of the line is -1/R = (-10 mA)/(1 V), and we have R =
100 . Furthermore, the intercept on the voltage axis is at v = 1.5 V.
Thus, the equivalent circuit is
10.45* The equivalent circuits for each segment are shown below:
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For the circuit of Figure P10.45a, we can determine by trial and error (or
by a load-line analysis) that the device operates on the middle line
segment. Thus, the equivalent circuit is:
15 0.756
i 4.68 mA
3000 44.4
v 0.756 44.4i 0.964 V
For the circuit of Figure P10.45b, we can determine by trail and error
that the device operates on the upper right-hand line segment. Thus, the
equivalent circuit is:
2 6.8
i 10.4 mA
50 800
v 800i 6.8 1.48 V
P10.46 In the forward bias region (iD > 0), the equivalent circuit is a short
circuit. Thus in the equivalent circuit, the voltage source is zero and the
resistance is zero.
In the reverse bias region (0 > vD > -10 V) the equivalent circuit is an open
circuit. Thus in the equivalent circuit, the voltage is indeterminate and
the resistance is infinite.
In the reverse breakdown region (0 > iD), the equivalent circuit consists
of a 10-V voltage source in series with zero resistance.
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P10.47* For small values of iL, the Zener diode is operating on line segment C of
Figure 10.19, and the equivalent circuit is
P10.48 (a) Assuming that the diode is an open circuit, we can compute the node
voltages using the voltage-division principle.
200 300
v 1 16 8V v 2 16 12 V
200 200 300 100
Then, the voltage across the diode is v D v 1 v 2 4 V. Because vD is
less than Vf 0.7 V, the diode is in fact operating as an open circuit.
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(b) Assuming that the diode operates as a voltage source, we can use KVL
to write:
v1 v 2 0.7
Placing a closed surface around the diode to form a super node and
writing a KCL equation gives
v 1 16 v 1 v 16 v 2
2 0
200 200 100 300
Solving these equations, we find v 1 10.686 V and v 2 9.986 V. Then,
writing a KCL equation at node 1 gives the diode current.
16 v 1 v
iD 1 26.86 mA
200 200
Because the diode current is negative, the diode operation is not
consistent with the model.
Full-wave circuits:
P10.50 The peak value of the ac source is Vm 15 2 21.21 V. Thus the PIV is
21.21 V and the peak current is 21.21/50 = 424.3 mA.
P10.51 The dc output voltage is equal to the peak value of the ac source, which is
v L 15 2 21.21 V. The load current is i L v L / RL 424 .3 mA. The
charge that passes through the load must also pass through the diode.
The charge is Q i LT 0.4243 / 60 7.071 mC. The peak inverse voltage
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is 42.42 V. The charge passes through the diode in a very short interval,
thus the peak diode current is much larger than the load current.
P10.52 The diode is on for VB Vm sin(t ) . Substituting values and solving, we
find that during the first cycle after t = 0 the diode is on for
arcsin(12 / 24) / 6 t arcsin(12 / 24) 5 / 6
The current is given by
24 sin(t ) 12
i (t ) 48 sin(t ) 24 A
0.5
The charge passing through the circuit during the first cycle is
5 / 6 5 / 6
48 48 3 16
Q1 [ 48 sin(t ) 24]dt cos(t ) 24t
/ 6 / 6
The average current is the charge passing through the circuit in 1 second
(or 60 cycles). Also, we have 120 Thus
48 3 16 48 3 16 24 3
I avg 60 60 8 5.232 A
120
Then, the time required to fully charge the battery is
100
T 19.1 hours
5.232
P10.53 (a) The integral of Vm sin(t ) over one cycle is zero, so the dc voltmeter
reads zero.
t T / 2
Vm Vm
T /2 T
1 1
(b) Vavg V
m sin(t )dt 0dt cos(t )
T 0 T /2 T t 0
1
T /2 T
2V
(c) Vavg Vm sin(t )dt Vm sin(t )dt m
T 0 T /2
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For a full-wave rectifier, the capacitance is given by Equation 10.12 in the
text:
I T 0.25 1 60
C L 10416 F
2Vr 2 0.2
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I LT 0.1 1 60
C 417 F
2Vr 2 2
P10.58 If we allow for a forward diode drop of 0.8 V, the peak ac voltage must
be 10.8 V. Otherwise, the circuit is the same as in the solution to
Problem P10.55.
P10.59 (a) The current pulse starts and ends at the times for which
vs (t ) VB
20 sin(200t ) 12
Solving we find that
sin1 (0.6) T
tstart 1.024 ms and tend tstart 3.976 ms
200 2
Between these two times the current is
20 sin(200t ) 12
i (t )
80
A sketch of the current to scale versus time is
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tend tend
20 sin(200t ) 12
Q i (t )dt dt
tstart t
start
80
t
1 12t end
cos(200t )
800 80 tstart
Q 194 C
Finally, the average current is the charge divided by the period.
Q 194 106
Iavg 19.4 mA
T 10 103
P10.60 (a) With ideal diodes and a large smoothing capacitance, the load voltage
equals the peak source voltage which is Vm = 12 V. Then the PIV is 2Vm =
24 V.
(b) Here again with ideal diodes and a large smoothing capacitance, the
load voltage equals the peak source voltage which is Vm = 12 V. However,
the PIV is only Vm = 12 V.
P10.61 (a) The circuit operates as three full-wave rectifiers with a common load
and shared diodes. Thus, the load voltage at any instant is equal to the
largest source-voltage magnitude. The plot of the load voltage is
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(b) The minimum voltage occurs at t T / 12 and is given by
Vmin Vm cos T / 12 Vm cos( / 6) 0.866Vm . Thus the peak-to-peak ripple
is 0.134Vm.
The average load voltage is given by
1 T
Vavg v L t dt
T 0
However, since v L (t ) has 12 intervals with the same area, we can write:
1 T / 12 12 T /12
Vavg v L t dt Vm cos(t )dt
T / 12 0 T 0
6 sin( / 6)
Vavg Vm 0.955Vm
(c) To produce an average charging current of 30 A, we require
Vavg 12 0.1 30 15 V
(d) In practice, we would need to allow for forward drops of the diodes,
drops across the slip rings, and resistances of the stator windings and
wiring.
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P10.63
P10.64 Refer to Figure P10.64 in the book. When the source voltage is positive,
diode D3 is on and the output vo(t) is zero. For source voltages between 0
and 5 V, none of the diodes conducts and vo(t) = vs(t). Finally, when the
source voltage falls below -5 V, D1 is on and D2 is in the breakdown region
so the output voltage is 5 V. The waveforms are:
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P10.65
P10.66
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P10.67
P10.72 This is a clamp circuit that clamps the positive peaks to zero.
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P10.73
The capacitor C1 and diode D1 act as a clamp circuit that clamps the
negative peak of vA t to zero. Thus, the waveform at point A is:
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Diode D2 and capacitor C2 act as a half-wave peak rectifier. Thus, the
voltage across RL is the peak value of vA t . Thus, vL t 2Vm . This is
called a voltage-doubler circuit because the load voltage is twice the peak
value of the ac input. The peak inverse voltage is 2Vm for both diodes.
We must choose the time constant RC >> T, where T is the period of the
input waveform.
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We choose the resistors R1 and R2 to achieve the desired slope.
1 R2
Slope
3 R1 R2
Thus, choose R1 2R2 . For example, R1 2 k and R2 1 k.
Other resistor values will work, but we must make sure that D2
remains forward biased for all values of vin , including vin 10 V .
To achieve the desired slope (i.e., the slope is 0.5) for the transfer
characteristic, we must have R1 R2 .
P10.77 IDQ represents the dc component of the diode current with no signal
applied to the circuit, and id(t) represents the changes from the Q-point
current when the signal is applied. Furthermore, iD(t) is the total diode
current. Thus, we have
iD (t ) IDQ id (t ) 4 0.5cos(200t ) mA
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P10.78 The small signal equivalent circuit of a diode is a resistance known as the
dynamic resistance. The dynamic resistance is the reciprocal of the slope
of the iD versus vD characteristic at the operating point.
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Clearly this device is not a diode because it conducts current in both
directions. The dynamic resistance is given by:
1
di 8
rD D 2
dvD 3vD
10 6
iD for 7 V v D 0
1 vD 7 2
vd 0.02
rD 100
id 0.2 10 3
The Q-point results if we set the ac signals to zero. Thus, we have
VDQ 4 V and I DQ 7 mA
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P10.84 Dynamic resistance is given by
1
di dv
rD D D
dvD diD
Because voltage is constant for changes in current, the dynamic
resistance is zero for an ideal Zener diode in the breakdown region.
P10.85* To find the Q-point, we ignore the ac ripple voltage and the circuit
becomes:
Thus, we have:
85
I sQ 150 mA
20
ILQ 5 100 50 mA
IDQ IsQ ILQ 100 mA
The small-signal or ac equivalent circuit is:
T10.1 (a) First, we redraw the circuit, grouping the linear elements to the left
of the diode.
Then, we determine the Thévenin equivalent for the circuit looking back
from the diode terminals.
Next, we write the KVL equation for the network, which yields
VT RT iD v D . Substituting the values for the Thévenin voltage and
resistance, we have the load-line equation, 3 200iD v D . For iD 0 , we
have vD 3 V which are the coordinates for Point A on the load line, as
shown below. For v D 0 , the load-line equation gives iD 15 mA which
are the coordinates for Point B on the load line. Using these two points
to plot the load line on Figure 10.8, we have
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The intersection of the load line and the diode characteristic gives the
current at the operating point as iD 9.6 mA.
(b) First, we write the KCL equation at the top node of the network,
which yields iD v D / 25 40 mA. For iD 0 , we have v D 1 V which are
the coordinates for Point C on the load line shown above. For v D 0 , the
load-line equation gives iD 40 mA which plots off the vertical scale.
Therefore, we substitute iD 20 mA , and the KCL equation then yields
v D 0.5 V . These values are shown as point D. Using Points C and D we
plot the load line on Figure 10.8 as shown above. The intersection of the
load line and the diode characteristic gives the current at the operating
point as iD 4.2 mA.
T10.2 If we assume that the diode is off (i.e., an open circuit), the circuit
becomes
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Writing a KCL equation with resistances in k, currents in mA, and
v 12 v x (16)
voltages in V, we have x 0 . Solving, we find that
1 2
v x 2.667 V. However, the voltage across the diode is v D v x , which
must be negative for the diode to be off. Therefore, the diode must be
on.
T10.3 We know that the line passes through the points (5 V, 2 mA) and (10 V, 7
mA). The slope of the line is -1/R = -i/v (-5 mA)/(5 V), and we have
R 1 k. Furthermore, the intercept on the voltage axis is at v 3 V.
Thus, the equivalent circuit for the device is
The time constant RC should be much longer than the period of the
source voltage. Thus, we should select component values so that
RC 0.1 s.
T10.7 We have
kT 1.38 10 23 300
VT 25.88 mV
q 1.60 10 19
nVT 2 25.88 10 3
rd 10.35
I DQ 5 10 3
The small-signal equivalent circuit for the diode is a 10.35 resistance.
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please your honor, I’m very dry!”
A man seeing an oyster seller pass by, called out, “Hallo! give me
a pound of oysters.” “We sell oysters by measure, not by weight,”
replied the other. “Well, then give me a yard of them!”
Good Measure.—“I don’t know how it is,” said a person who was
fond of writing poetry for the public journals, but whose productions
had always met with a rejection—“I have written a great deal, but my
pieces have never been published.”
“Perhaps,” replied his friend, “there were faults in your effusions
that you were not aware of, but which were easily detected by the
hawk-eyed editors. The measure might not have been correct.”
“There it is now,” rejoined the disappointed poet; “I can always
write the first line well enough; but I am often perplexed about the
second. Now, this is poetry, but it don’t seem to jingle to my
satisfaction.
‘Tread lightly, stranger, o’er this hallowed dust,
For if you don’t mend your ways—lay like me you must.’”
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chapter xxiv.
Although I did not know what was before me, and had no
scheme even for providing myself with bread for a single day, I felt
an indescribable degree of delight at my release from prison. To be
shut up by our fellow-men, as if unworthy of enjoying light and liberty,
is very hard to bear: to know that one is innocent of crime—and yet
to be cast into a dungeon, and made the companion of the wicked
and the degraded—is calculated to beget a deep sense of injustice.
Such, indeed, was my feeling while in prison; and even when I was
free, it still mingled with my joy, impressing me with a sad
consciousness that even in society, and surrounded by laws
designed to protect us from wrong, we are not wholly secure, and
may be called upon, through the weakness or wickedness of our
fellow-men, to suffer the most bitter pangs.
I, however, resisted these feelings and poured out my gratitude to
Bill Keeler—my deliverer. On inquiry, I learned of him, that while at
Salem, he had accidentally heard of my imprisonment; and though
he supposed me guilty of some misdemeanor, he still gathered all
the money he could, and pushed off on foot to New York, to obtain
my release. The success of his endeavors has already been
detailed.
Having talked over the events already laid before the reader, Bill
asked me what I intended to do. I told him that I had formed no plan.
He then urged me to go back with him to Salem; but as I seemed
very reluctant to do so, his mind appeared to be turned to some
other project. We walked along the street for a considerable distance
in silence, and with an uncertain and sauntering gait—my companion
evidently in great perplexity. At last his countenance brightened, and
turning round on his heel, he led me on, with a decided step, in a
direction opposite to that which we had pursued.
“Well, well,” said Bill, cheerfully, “when one door shuts, another
opens: if the mountain doesn’t come to you, you must go to the
mountain. How would you like to become a traveller, Bob?”
“I should like it of all things.”
“So I thought—and I’ll get it all fixed.”
“But how am I to pay the expenses?”
“I brought a couple of friends with me, who’ll do that for you: they’r
queer chaps, but you’ll learn to like ’em. You remember old Sarah’s
cave? well, as I was climbing among the rocks just below it, a few
days ago, in search of a woodchuk that had just duv into his burrow,
a large stone gave way under my feet, and down the ledge I went,
for more than three rod. A great mass of rubbish came down with
me, and it’s a kind of miracle I wan’t smashed. I was a little stunned,
but by-and-by I came to myself. There I lay, half covered with stones,
leaves and gravel. Thinks I, what’s this all about? Just then I put out
my hand to get up, and I felt something mighty cold. Well, what do
you think it was? Why, ’twas a rattle-snake, and just by his side lay
seven others! It was cold weather, and they were as straight and stiff
as bean poles. Well, says I, there’s nothin made in vain—so I took
tew on ’em, and doubled ’em up and put ’em into one of my stockins,
and carried ’em home.
“When I got there, I took ’em out and laid ’em on the harth, and
when they got warm they began to squirm. Well—my wife—Hepsey
—(you remember Hepsey?—by the way—she sent her love to you,
Bob—though I’d forgot that)—she made a dreadful screechin about
it, and little Bob, he set up his pipes, and the cat stuck up her back,
and Jehu barked as if there’d been an attack of the Indians!
“Well, pretty soon the two critters began to stick out their tongues
and their eyes grew as bright as a couple of lightnin-bugs in a foggy
night. They then put their tails this way and that, and finally rolled
themselves into a heap, and set up such a rattlein as I never heard
afore. It was as much as to say—let every man look out for his own
shins! Everybody cleared—wife, baby, cat and dog—except myself.
Takin’ the varmin in the tongs, one by one, I threw ’em out the
winder, into a snow-bank, just to keep ’em cool and civil. I then made
a box, and put ’em in, and fitted a pane of glass in the top, so you
could look in and see ’em. Well, I brought the box and the two
sarpints along with me, thinkin that when you got out of prison, they
might be of sarvice.”
“What do you mean?” said I, in the greatest wonder.
“Mean? why, that you should take this box under your arm, and
travel over the world, as independent as a lord. The sarpints will be
meat and drink and clothin and lodgin, and a welcome to boot. I
thought it likely, when I set out, from what I heerd, that you’d got into
some scrape, and that it might be necessary for you to be scarce in
these parts; so I thought the snakes would suit your case exactly.
You needn’t look so sour, fir I don’t expect you to eat ’em. But hear
my story. I was three days in going from Salem to York, and when I
got there, I had tew dollars more in my pocket than when I set out,
and I lived like a prince all the time! And how do you think ’twas
done? Why, by the sarpints, to be sure! When I put up at the tavern
at night, I set the box down by my side in the bar-room, and took my
fife, and began to play Yankee Doodle.
“Pretty soon everybody got round me, and then I teld ’em about
the sarpints, and how they might see ’em fer sixpence apiece. Well, I
got sixpences as thick as nuts in November. Now, Bob, you’ve had a
good eddication, and can tell all about sarpints, and make up a good
story, and you can travel all over the world, and come home as rich
as a Jew. So you may have ’em, and I shall be happy to think that
you’re travelling like a gentleman, while I go home to pound my
lapstone and take care of my family.”
“I thank you a thousand times, my dear Bill,” said I; “but I fear this
will not do for me. You can turn your hand to anything, but I am a
helpless creature, compared with yourself!”
“No, no,” said my friend earnestly. “You’ll do well enough when
you get your hand in. You must try, at least. Here, take my penknife,
if you haint got one. A penknife’s a mighty good thing—no man need
to feel low-sperited with a penknife in his pocket. When I’m away and
feel kind o’ humsick, I take out my penknife, and get a stick and go to
cuttin on’t, and it turns out a whistle, or a walkin-stick, or somethin
else, and all the time I am as contented as a cow a stealin corn-
stalks. A penknife’s a friend in need, and no man should ever be
without one. You must take my fife, too, Bob, for you can play it well.
It will make you welcome everywhere—as we catch flies with
molasses, you can catch customers with music.”
To all this, I still replied that I doubted my success, and feared to
undertake the scheme. “Faint heart never won fair lady,” said Bill.
“Nothing venture, nothing have. You won’t succeed if you don’t try: a
man never fails, when success is matter o’ life and death. If you set
out, you won’t starve. You’ll be like Seth Follet’s eel—you must go
ahead.”
“Well, tell me the story of the eel.”
“Why, didn’t you never bear of Seth Follet’s eel? Seth had a long
aqueduct, made of logs, with an auger-hole bored thro’ ’em, to carry
the water from a spring on a hill, to his house. After a while the water
wouldn’t run, because the hole in the logs had got filled up with mud.
Well, Seth was a queer genius; so he got an eel and put into the hole
in the logs at one end. The critter went along pretty well for a time,
but by-and-by he came to the mud. He then thought he’d turn about,
but he couldn’t do that, for he just fitted the hole, you know! Then he
thought he’d back out, but he couldn’t do that nother, for an eel’s a
thing that can’t work both ways. Well now, what should he do? Why,
there was only one thing to be done—to go ahead; and ahead he
went—and cleared out the aqueduct!”
I could not help laughing heartily at this anecdote, and I confess
that the reasoning of Bill seemed to be fraught with good sense. We
spent the night together at the little tavern where he had left his box,
and in the morning I concluded to adopt his scheme. Bill departed,
the tears standing in his eyes—and taking the serpents, strapped
across my shoulders, I set out on my adventures.
I am not going to give a detail of my travels, at present. I am
afraid my readers are weary of my long story; and beside, I have
promised to bring my narrative to a close in my next number. I must,
therefore, pass lightly over my adventures as a showman; I must say
little of my experiences as a travelling merchant, and come down to
a period several years subsequent to my parting with Bill Keeler, as
just related. The war with England, declared by the United States in
1812, was then raging, and circumstances led me to take a part in it.
The events to which I allude, will be given in the next chapter.
Rivers.
Rivers have their rise in little rills, which gush from the sides of
mountains. Several of these unite, and form a stream; and these
again meeting, form a rivulet; and several rivulets form a river, which
sometimes runs for many thousand miles, and makes all the country
fertile through which it passes.
When a river descends from high land to that which is lower, it
often falls over rocks and precipices,—it is then called a cascade; or,
if very large, a cataract. Some of these are so large, that the water
breaks into spray before it reaches the ground, and the sound of it
may be heard for several miles.
Some rivers overflow their banks at certain seasons, owing to the
melting of the snow on the mountain tops, or the fall of heavy rains.
The river Nile overflows its banks; and, when the waters subside,
very great crops of rice and corn immediately spring up, as food for
man. There are very few parts of the earth in which rivers are not
found; and great, indeed, is their use to mankind.
Shall I tell you what a river is like? It is like the life of man—small
at first; the little stream is like a little child, and plays among the
flowers of a meadow; it waters a garden, or turns a puny mill.
As it flows on it gathers strength; and, like a child in youth, it
becomes turbulent and impatient as it swells along. Now, like a
roaring cataract, it shoots headlong down many a rock; then it
becomes a sullen and gloomy pool, buried in the bottom of a glen.
Recovering breath by repose, it again dashes on, till, tired of
uproar and mischief, it quits all that it has swept along, and leaves
the valley, through which it has passed, strewed with its rejected
waste.
Now, again, it travels more slowly. It passes through the busy
haunts of men, lending its service on every side, and, advancing in
its course, becomes stately and grand. Now, instead of breaking
over obstacles, it twines round them, and it thus passes along a
more quiet course.[13]
At last it leaves the busier world, and slowly and silently travels
on; till, at the end, it enters the vast abyss of ocean, which seems
spread out, like eternity, to receive it.
[13] Pliny.