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Chapter 10 SPECIAL DIODES (SCHOTTKY, TUNNEL, PIN, LASER, IMPATT, GUNN) MCQs

1. . Which of the following diodes uses a metal-semiconductor junction?

(A) General purpose diodes


(B) Fast recovery diodes


(C) None of the mentioned


(D) Schottky diode




2. . Which of the following are/is the majority charge carriers in a Schottky diode?

(A) Holes


(B) Electrons


(C) Both holes & Electrons carry equal current


(D) None of the mentioned




3. . The tunnel diode is mainly used

(A) For rectification


(B) To control the power


(C) For very high speed of switching


(D) For fast chopping




4. . The tunnel diode is best suited for

(A) Oscillators


(B) Amplifiers


(C) Amplitude limiters


(D) Rectifiers




5. . The tunneling involves_______

(A) movement of electrons from n side conduction band to p side valance band


(B) acceleration of electrons in p side


(C) charge distribution management in both the bands


(D) positive slope characteristics of diode




6. . A PIN diode consists of ______number of semiconductor layers.

(A) Four


(B) Two


(C) Three


(D) One




7. . The resistance of the PIN diode with positive bias voltage:

(A) Decreases


(B) Increases


(C) Remains constant


(D) Insufficient data




8. . The gunn diode is

(A) bulk effect device


(B) Mostly used as a rectifier


(C) Mostly made with silicon


(D) All of the above




9. . The gunn diode is also known as

(A) No barrier diode


(B) Active area diode


(C) Bulk diode


(D) Esaki diode




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