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Starting electronics<br />

Figure 6.16<br />

A circuit with the zener diode forward biased<br />

Current (mA)<br />

1<br />

2<br />

9<br />

5<br />

10<br />

20<br />

Voltage (V)<br />

0<br />

0.4<br />

0.6<br />

Table 6.5<br />

Show the results of your experiment<br />

the zener diode round as shown in the circuit of Figure 6.17<br />

(this is the way zener diodes are normally used) so that it is<br />

reverse biased, then perform the experiment again completing<br />

Table 6.6 as you go along. Although all the results will in<br />

theory be negative, you don’t need to turn the meter round<br />

or anything — the diode has been turned around remember,<br />

and so is already reverse biased.<br />

140

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