Chapter - 5 : High Frequency And High Power Devices

Example - 5.1 : Page No - 194

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from __future__ import division
from numpy import pi, sqrt
#Given data
C1= 5  # in pF
C1= C1*10**-12 # in F
C2= 50  # in pF
C2= C2*10**-12 # in F
L= 10 # in mH
L= L*10**-3 # in H
TuningRange= 1/(2*pi*sqrt(L*C1*C2/(C1+C2))) # in Hz
print " The tuning range for the circuit = %0.3f kHz" %(TuningRange*10**-3)

# Note : In the book, this example is not solved. Only given data is shown.
 The tuning range for the circuit = 746.503 kHz

Example - 5.2 : Page No - 195

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#Given data
C_T1= 15  # in pF
Vb1=8 # in V
Vb2= 12   # in V
# As C_T proportional to 1/sqrt(Vb), and 
# C_T1/C_T2= sqrt(Vb2/Vb1), so
C_T2= C_T1*sqrt(Vb1/Vb2) # in pF
print " The value of C_T2 = %0.2f pF" %C_T2
 The value of C_T2 = 12.25 pF

Example - 5.3 : Page No - 195

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#Given data
epsilon_Ge= 16/(36*pi*10**-11) # in f/C
A=10**-12 
d=2*10**-4 # in cm
# C_T= epsilon_0*A/d= epsilon_Ge*A/d
C_T= epsilon_Ge*A/d #in pF
print " The space charge capacitance = %0.2f pF" %C_T
 The space charge capacitance = 70.74 pF

Example - 5.4 : Page No - 196

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#Given data
D= 0.102 # in cm
sigma_P= 0.286 # in Ωcm
q= 1.6*10**-19 # in C
miuP= 500 
Vb= 5+0.35 #in V
A= pi*D**2/4 # in cm**2
N_A= sigma_P/(q*miuP) # at/c
C_T= 2.92*10**-4*(N_A/Vb)**(1/2)*A # 
print " The value of transition = %0.2f pf/cm**2" %C_T
 The value of transition = 61.68 pf/cm**2

Example - 5.5 : Page No - 196

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#Given data
epsilon= 12/(36*pi*10**11) # in F/cm  (value of epsilon for silicon)
q= 1.6*10**-19 # in C
# C_T= epsilon*A/d , where d= 2*epsilon*Vi/(q*NA)**(/2)
# Hence    C_T/A= epsilon/d= sqrt(q*epsilon/2)*sqrt(NA/Vi)
# Let 
value = sqrt(q*epsilon/2) 
print "C_T= %0.1e sqrt(NA/Vi) pF/cm**2"  %(value*10**12)
C_T= 2.9e-04 sqrt(NA/Vi) pF/cm**2

Example - 5.6 : Page No - 197

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#Given data
V1= 5 # in V
IncreaseInVolt= 1.5 # in V
C_T1= 20 # in pF
# Formula C_T= lamda/sqrt(V)
lamda= C_T1*sqrt(V1) 
# When
V2= V1+IncreaseInVolt # in V
C_T2= lamda/sqrt(V2) 
print " The decrease in capacitance = %0.2f pF" %(C_T1-C_T2)
 The decrease in capacitance = 2.46 pF

Example - 5.7 : Page No - 198

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#Given data
Vf= 0.7 # in V
If= 10 # in mA
If= If*10**-3 # in A
toh= 70 # in ns
Cd= toh*If/Vf # in nf
print " Diffusion capacitance for a si diode = %0.f nf" %Cd
 Diffusion capacitance for a si diode = 1 nf

Example - 5.8 : Page No - 198

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#Given data
N_A= 4*10**20 # per m**3
Vi= 0.2 # in V
q= 1.6*10**-19 
V= -1 # in V
A= 0.8*10**-6 #/ in m**2
epsilon_r= 16 
epsilon_o= 8.854*10**-12 # in F
epsilon= epsilon_o*epsilon_r 
d= (2*epsilon*(Vi-V)/(q*N_A))**(1/2) 
C_T= epsilon*A/d # in F
print " The transition capacitance = %0.2f pF" %(C_T*10**12)
 The transition capacitance = 49.17 pF

Example - 5.9 : Page No - 199

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from math import sqrt
#Given data
V1= 5 # in V
V2 = V1+1 # in V
C_T1= 20 # in pF
# C_T2/C_T1 = sqrt(V1/V2)
C_T2= C_T1* sqrt(V1/V2) 
print " The capacitance for 1-V increase in bias = %0.2f pF" %C_T2
print " Therefore, the decrease in capacitance = %0.2f pF" %(C_T1-C_T2)

# NOTE: The answer in the book is wrong due to calculation error to evalaute the value of C_T2.
 The capacitance for 1-V increase in bias = 18.26 pF
 Therefore, the decrease in capacitance = 1.74 pF

Example - 5.10 : Page No - 199

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#Given data
C1= 4 # in pF
C2= 60 # in pF
L=8*10**-3 # in H
C_Tmin= C1*C1/(C1+C1) # in pF
C_Tmin= C_Tmin*10**-12 # in F
C_Tmax= C2*C2/(C2+C2) # in pF
C_Tmax= C_Tmax*10**-12 # in F
Fc_max= 1/(2*pi*sqrt(L*C_Tmin)) # in Hz
Fc_min= 1/(2*pi*sqrt(L*C_Tmax)) # in Hz
print " Maximum resonance frequency = %0.2f MHz" %(Fc_max*10**-6)
print " Minimum resonance frequency = %0.3f MHz" %(Fc_min*10**-6)
 Maximum resonance frequency = 1.26 MHz
 Minimum resonance frequency = 0.325 MHz

Example - 5.11 : Page No - 200

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#Given data
C1= 6 # in pF
C2= 50 # in pF
L=12*10**-3 # in H
C_Tmin= C1*C1/(C1+C1) # in pF
C_Tmin= C_Tmin*10**-12 # in F
C_Tmax= C2*C2/(C2+C2) # in pF
C_Tmax= C_Tmax*10**-12 # in F
Fc_max= 1/(2*pi*sqrt(L*C_Tmin)) # in Hz
Fc_min= 1/(2*pi*sqrt(L*C_Tmax)) # in Hz
print " Maximum resonance frequency = %0.3f MHz" %(Fc_max*10**-6)
print " Minimum resonance frequency = %0.3f MHz" %(Fc_min*10**-6)
 Maximum resonance frequency = 0.839 MHz
 Minimum resonance frequency = 0.291 MHz