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A practical introduction to electronics for anyone in any field of practice
Voltage, Current, Resistance, Power, & Diodes
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Basic Electronics
• What is considered to be a basic level of understanding for this important topic?
• We can look to many sources, but one that works well comes from industry –from Bell South, which is now part of AT&T.
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Bell South Test: What Will We Address This Week?
• DC Circuits – most of this topic.• AC Circuits – some of this. • Transmission Lines – very little of this• Electronics Fundamentals – some of
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Bell South Test
• If you want to see how you are doing this week, you can take the practice test but don’t expect to do well across the board.
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http://www.asisvcs.com/publications/pdf/710042.pdf
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Voltage, Current,Power and Resistance
• Fundamental conceptsVoltage V voltCurrent I ampPower W wattResistance R ohm
V
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Voltage• Voltage is defined as the amount of work
done or the energy required (in joules) in moving a unit of positive charge (1 coulomb) from a lower potential to a higher potential. Voltage is also called potential difference (PD). When you measure voltage you must have two points to compare, one of them being the reference point. When measuring the voltage drop for a circuit component it is sometimes called measuring the potential across that component.
1 volt = 1 joule/coulomb
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Voltage• Voltage is analogous to pressure. A
battery in an electrical circuit plays the same role as a pump in a water system.
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Current
• Current is the amount of electric charge (coulombs) flowing past a specific point in a conductor over an interval of one second.
1 ampere = 1 coulomb/second
• Electron flow is from a lower potential (voltage) to a higher potential (voltage).
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Current• For historical reasons, current is
conventionally thought to flow from the positive to the negative potential in a circuit.
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Power• Power is the rate at which energy is
generated or dissipated in an electrical element.
1 watt = 1 joule/sec
Generated
Dissipated
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Resistance
• Charges passing through any conducting medium collide with the material at an extremely high rate and, thus, experience friction.
• The rate at which energy is lost depends on the wire thickness (area), length and physical parameters like density and temperature as reflected through the resistivity
R lA
=ρ
ρ
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Circuit Diagram
• Water flow analogy is helpful, if not totally accurate
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Basic Electrical Laws• Ohm’s Law
• Kirchoff’s Voltage Law
• Kirchoff’s Current Law
V IR=
V =∑ 0
I =∑ 0
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Ohm’s Law
• There is a simple linear relationship between voltage, current and resistance.
Georg Ohm
V IR=
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Kirchoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)
• The sum of the voltage differences around a circuit is equal to zero.
Gustav Kirchoff
V =∑ 0
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Kirchoff’s Current Law (KCL)
• The sum of all the currents entering or exiting a node is equal to zero.
I =∑ 0
Applying conservation of current.
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Conservation Laws
• Both the KVL and KCL are based on conservation laws.
KVL conserves voltageKCL conserves current
• Other conservation laws we know aboutConservation of energyConservation of momentum
• A key to understanding any system is identifying the relevant conservation laws
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Series Combination of Resistors
• Resistors add in seriesR R R REQ N= + + +1 2 ...
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Series Combination of Resistors
• The effect of resistors in series is additive. There is a corresponding voltage drop across each resistor.
R R R REQ N= + + +1 2 ...
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Parallel Combination of Resistors
• The reciprocal or inverse of resistors add in parallel. 1 1 1 1
1 2R R R REQ N
= + + +...
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Parallel Combination of Resistors
• For resistors in parallel, the same voltage occurs across each resistor and more than one path exists for the current, which lowers the net resistance.
1 1 1 1
1 2R R R REQ N
= + + +...
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Series Combination of Resistors• KVL:
• Ohm’s Law:
In General
V V Vr r= +1 2
V I R I Ra a= +1 2
R R R REQ N= + + +1 2 ...
1 2
1 2
( ) ( )a a eq
eq
V I R R I R
R R R
= + =
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Parallel Combination of Resistors• KCL:
• Ohm’s Law:
• We can say:
I I I1 2 3= +
11 2
1
EQ
V VI VR R R
⎛ ⎞= + = ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
1 1 1 1
1 2R R R REQ N
= + + +...
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Combination of Resistors• Series
• Parallel
• For two resistors, the second expression can be written as
1 1 1 1
1 2R R R REQ N
= + + +...
R R R REQ N= + + +1 2 ...
R R RR REQ =+1 2
1 2
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Combination of Resistors
• Adding resistors in series always results in a larger resistance than any of the individual resistors
• Adding resistors in parallel always results in a smaller resistance than any of the individual resistors
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Diodes
• A diode can be considered to be an electrical one-way valve.
• They are made from a large variety of materials including silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, silicon carbide …
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Diodes
• In effect, diodes act like a flapper valveNote: this is the simplest possible model of a diode
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Diodes• For the flapper valve, a small positive pressure
is required to open.• Likewise, for a diode, a small positive voltage
is required to turn it on. This voltage is like the voltage required to power some electrical device. It is used up turning the device on so the voltages at the two ends of the diode will differ.
The voltage required to turn on a standard diode is typically around 0.6-0.8 volt for a standard silicon diode and a few volts for a light emitting diode (LED)
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At the junction, free electrons from the N-type material fill holes from the P-type material. This creates an insulating layer in the middle of the diode called the depletion zone.
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Diode V-I Characteristic• For ideal diode, current flows only one way• Real diode is close to ideal
Ideal Diode
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