ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS QUIZ

Tunnel diode

Schottky diode

Zener diode

PIN diode

True

False

Intrinsic semiconductor

Highly doped semiconductor

Lightly doped semiconductor

Either A or B

Zero bias

Reverse bias

Forward bias

Zero or reverse bias

Must be given to an electron move to conduction band

An electron can have at room temperature

A hole can have at room temperature

None of these

Is independent of applied voltage

Is increased under reverse bias

Increases with heavy doping

Decreases with light doping

A is false but R is true

Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

Rate of thermal generation of electron hole pairs

None of these

Forward bias voltage

Potential barrier

should not exceed the breakdown voltage

should not exceed one third the breakdown voltage

may be equal to or less than breakdown voltage

should not exceed half the breakdown voltage

Green portion of spectrum

White portion of spectrum

Violet portion of spectrum

Red portion of spectrum