EDC Practical 5

PRACTICAL NO.
5
Aim:to implementdiodeas a clippingcircuit forfollowingconfigurations:
Seriesandshuntdiodepositiveclipper
Seriesandshuntdiodepositiveclipperwith+veandvereference
Seriesandshuntdiodenegativeclipper
Seriesandshuntdiodenegativeclipperwith+veandvereference
Apparatus:frequencygenerator,cro,dcsource,diodeandresistor.
Theory: clipping circuit is used to select for transmission that part of an arbitrary
waveformwhichliesaboveorbelowsomereferencelevel.Clippingcircuitclipssome
portion of the waveform .Clipping Circuit are also referred to as voltage limiters.
Clamping circuit preserves shape of the waveform while clipping circuit does not
preserve shape of waveform. Clipping circuits are also known as voltage limiter or
amplitudelimiterorslicers.Someclippercircuitsareexplainedhere.
Positivecycleclippercircuits:
Positive cycle clipper circuits are shown in the figure with series and shunt diode.
Transfercharacteristicsandoutputwaveformforsinusoidalinputisshown.
Forseriesdiode:
1.Whenvi(t)<0,diodedisinoncondition,inputwaveformisavailableattheoutput.
2.Whenvi(t)>0,diodedisinoffcondition,inputwaveformisnotavailableatthe
outputandoutputremainszero
Forshuntdiode:
1.Whenvi(t)<0,diodedisinonconditionwhichbypassthesignaltothegroundand
henceinputwaveformisnotavailableattheoutput.
2.Whenvi(t)>0,diodedisinoffconditionandactslikeaoffswitch,inputwaveform
isavailableattheoutput.
Fornegativecycleclipper,polarityofdiodeisreverse.
Seriesdiodepositiveclippingwithpositivereference:
Inthecircuitshowninthefollowingfigure,dcreferencevoltageisused.Thisisusefulof
wedonotwanttoclipentirepositivecyclebutsomeportionofpositivehalfcycle.
1.Whenvi(t)<vr,diodedisinoncondition,inputwaveformisavailableattheoutput.
2.Whenvi(t)>vr,diodedisinoffcondition,inputwaveformisnotavailableatthe
outputandoutputremainszero.Thusportionofoutputcycleclipsasshowninthe
waveform.
Seriesdiodepositiveclippingwithnegativereference:
Ifwanttoclipentirepositivehalfcyclealongwithsomeportionofthenegativecycle
thennegativedcreferencecanbeusedasshowninthefollowingfigure.InThiscase
onlysomeportionofnegativecyclepassestotheoutput.
1.Whenvi(t)>vr,diodedisinoncondition,inputwaveformisavailableatthe
output.
2.Whenvi(t)<vr,diodedisinoffcondition,inputwaveformisnotavailableatthe
outputandoutputvoltageremainsconstantwhichisequaltovr.
Seriesdiodenegativeclippingwithreference:
Negativeclippingcanbeachievedbychangingpolarityofthediode.Negativeclipper
with negativereferencevoltageisshowninthefollowingfigure.Thiswillclipsome
portionofnegativecycle.
1. When vi(t )>vr, diode d is in on condition , input waveform is available at the

output.
2.Whenvi(t)<vr,diodedisinoffcondition,inputwaveformisnotavailableatthe
outputandoutputvoltageremainsconstantwhichisequaltovr.
Shuntdiodepositiveclippingwithnegativereferencevoltage:
Shunt diode positive clipping with negative reference voltage is as shown in the
followingcircuit.Thiswillclipentirepositivecycleandsomeportionofnegativecycleas
showninthewaveform.
1.Whenvi(t)<vr,diodedisinoffcondition(opencircuit)andinputwaveformis
availableattheoutput.
2.Whenvi(t)>vr,diodedisinoncondition,inputwaveformisnotavailableatoutput
andnegativevoltagevrisextendedtotheoutput.Outputvoltageremainsconstant
equaltovr.Thusentirepositivecycleandsomeportionofnegativecyclebelowvrclips.
Shuntdiodenegativeclippingwithnegativereference:
Negativeclippingwithnegativereferencevoltagecanbeachievedbyreversingpolarity
ofthediode.Someportionofnegativecycleclips.
1.Whenvi(t)>vr,diodedisinoffcondition(opencircuit)andinputwaveformis
availableattheoutput.
2.Whenvi(t)<vr,diodedisinoncondition,inputwaveformisnotavailableatthe
output and negative voltage vr is extended to the output. Output voltage remains
constantequaltovr.Thusentirepositivecycleandsomeportionofnegativecyclebelow
vrclips
Doublediodeclippercircuit:
Experimentprocedure:
1.Connectfunctiongeneratorwithcro.Setsinewavewith6vpeaktopeak.
2.Connectthefunctiongeneratorattheinputoftheclippingcircuit.
3.Observeoutputwaveformsonthecrofordifferentclippingcircuitsanddrawoutput
waveforms.
Conclusion:

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1. When vi(t )>vr, diode d is in on condition , input waveform is available at the

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