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Zener Diode Voltage Regulation Experiment

The document details an experiment on Zener diodes conducted by Ibrahim Mohammed Alzoubi at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. It explains the Zener diode's function as a voltage regulator, presents data tables showing voltage and current values, and discusses the diode's reverse bias characteristics. The conclusion confirms the Zener diode's effectiveness in maintaining a stable output voltage around 5V under varying load conditions.

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Zener Diode Voltage Regulation Experiment

The document details an experiment on Zener diodes conducted by Ibrahim Mohammed Alzoubi at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. It explains the Zener diode's function as a voltage regulator, presents data tables showing voltage and current values, and discusses the diode's reverse bias characteristics. The conclusion confirms the Zener diode's effectiveness in maintaining a stable output voltage around 5V under varying load conditions.

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Al-Hussein Bin Talal University

Department of Engineering

Computer Engineering

Experiment 5: Zener Diode

Name: Ibrahim Mohammed Alzoubi

Student id: 120200511058


Date: 21 April 2025

Introduction
Zener diodes is specially designed to have low reverse breakdown voltage. Zener diode has a
reverse bias characteristic with almost constant negative voltage as long as the diode current
remains between the breakdown current Iz(min) and the maximum current rating Iz(max). Zener
diode is mainly used as a voltage regulator, which keeps the voltage across the load constant
even if the source voltage changes or has some ripples. Zener diode will continue to regulate the
voltage until the diode current falls below the minimum Iz(min) value.

Solving report questions

1. Provide Table 1 and Table 2


- Table 1 with voltage and current values

+V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Vzd 1 2 3 4.67 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.96 5 5 5 5.1

Izd 0 0 0.1 0.3 1.5 5.2 9.8 14.1 18.3 2.3 27.6 31.8 36.4

- Table 2 with voltage values for the zener diode

+V 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Vzd 4 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.96 5 5.07
R2+R3=1KΩ
Vzd 2.1 2.9 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.9
R2+R3=220Ω
Voltage Regulation % 26.75% 10.22% 5.63% 5.63% 3.47% 2.22% 1.40% 0%
(1 kΩ)
Voltage Regulation % 90.48% 58.62% 41.18% 23.08% 11.36% 5.53% 4.17% 3.47%
(200 Ω)
- VR % (1 kΩ)=((V12V−Vx)/Vx)×100
- VR % (220 Ω)=((V1k-V220)/V220)x100

4. Fill the values of voltage regulation for 1 kΩ and 200 Ω

2. The I-V reverse characteristic curve of the zener diode.

3. The curve of the voltage with 1kΩ load and with 220Ω load
4. find the zener current (Iz) in mA :
 Is =50mA
 IL=2.5mA
 At the zener diode node
IZ=Is-IL =50-2.5=47.5mA

5. For voltage regulation, is zener diode used in forward or reverse biasing ?


 Zener diode is used in reverse bias. Why? Because the Zener diode blocks
current until the voltage reaches a specific value called the Zener breakdown
voltage

6. Which of the following voltages represents the breakdown voltage for the zener diode
used in the experiment.
 D 5V why? Because the Zener diode begins to regulate around 4.7V to 5V

Conclusion
In this experiment, the reverse bias characteristics of a Zener diode were analyzed to
understand its voltage regulation behavior. The Zener diode maintained a nearly
constant output voltage of approximately 5V once the input voltage exceeded the Zener
breakdown threshold, confirming its role as a voltage regulator. As demonstrated
through various load conditions (1kΩ and 220Ω), the Zener diode effectively regulated
voltage under light loads, while regulation was less precise under heavier loads due to
increased current draw. The I-V characteristic curve confirmed the sharp increase in
current at the breakdown voltage, a defining feature of Zener diodes. Overall, the
experiment successfully validated the use of Zener diodes in reverse bias for voltage
stabilization in electronic circuits.

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