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In un circuito a diodi, una tensione di polarizzazione CC guida la corrente del diodo attraverso un resistore, esibendo un comportamento esponenziale nella curva caratteristica corrente-tensione.
Quando viene introdotto un piccolo segnale variabile nel tempo, si combina con la tensione di polarizzazione CC centrata attorno al punto Q.
Il termine esponenziale nella corrente istantanea totale del diodo contribuisce sia alla corrente di polarizzazione che alla corrente del segnale.
Se l'ampiezza della tensione del segnale è significativamente inferiore alla tensione termica, il diodo funziona all'interno di un segmento corto, quasi lineare, della curva caratteristica.
Sotto questa approssimazione a piccolo segnale, il termine esponenziale semplifica.
Di conseguenza, la corrente del diodo diventa la somma della corrente di polarizzazione CC e della corrente del segnale.
La conduttanza del piccolo segnale del diodo è definita come il rapporto tra la corrente del piccolo segnale e la tensione del piccolo segnale, che è determinata dalla pendenza della tangente alla curva I-V nel punto Q.
L'inverso della conduttanza del piccolo segnale del diodo, chiamata resistenza del piccolo segnale del diodo o resistenza incrementale, è uguale alla tensione termica divisa per la corrente di polarizzazione.

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Small-signal Diode Model

Nell'analizzare il comportamento dei diodi nei circuiti, la relazione tra la corrente che attraversa un diodo e la tensione ai suoi capi è di particolare interesse, soprattutto se si considera l'effetto di una tensione di polarizzazione in corrente continua (CC). Quando applicata, questa polarizzazione CC influenza il punto operativo del diodo, noto come punto Q, attorno al quale la caratteristica corrente-tensione (I-V) del diodo mostra un comportamento esponenziale. L'introduzione di un piccolo segnale variabile nel tempo sopra questo bias aiuta a esaminare la risposta del diodo alle fluttuazioni attorno a questo punto Q.


<img alt="Figure 1" src="/files/ftp_upload/15717/15717_Figure_1.svg" style="height: 250px;">

Quando l'ampiezza di questa tensione di segnale aggiuntiva rimane notevolmente inferiore alla tensione termica del diodo (V_T), la risposta del diodo può essere approssimata come lineare su un breve segmento della sua curva caratteristica. Questo scenario, chiamato approssimazione del piccolo segnale, semplifica la complessa relazione esponenziale in una relazione lineare più gestibile, consentendo di vedere la corrente istantanea totale del diodo (i_D) come somma sia della corrente di polarizzazione costante i_D(DC) che della corrente variabile corrente del segnale i_D(AC)


<img alt="Equation 1" src="/files/ftp_upload/15717/15717_Equation_1.svg" style="height: 24px;">

La misura che collega la corrente del segnale alla tensione del segnale è espressa in termini di conduttanza, misurata in mhos, e viene definita conduttanza di piccolo segnale del diodo. È la pendenza della tangente alla curva IV nel punto Q. Al contrario, la resistenza a piccolo segnale o incrementale (r_d) del diodo è l'inverso della sua conduttanza. Misura la resistenza del diodo a piccole variazioni di corrente e viene calcolata dividendo la tensione termica per la corrente di polarizzazione.


<img alt="Equation 2" src="/files/ftp_upload/15717/15717_Equation_2.svg" style="height: 46px;">
<img alt="Equation 3" src="/files/ftp_upload/15717/15717_Equation_3.svg" style="height: 46px;">

 Questi parametri sono cruciali per la progettazione e l'analisi di circuiti che coinvolgono diodi, soprattutto in applicazioni che richiedono un controllo preciso sull'amplificazione o attenuazione del segnale.

In un circuito a diodi, una tensione di polarizzazione CC guida la corrente del diodo attraverso un resistore, esibendo un comportamento esponenziale nella caratteristica corrente-tensione ...

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diode bias and small-signal response

Diode bias and small-signal response describe how a diode behaves when a steady DC voltage and a tiny changing signal act on the same circuit. The DC bias sets the diode’s operating point, or Q point. Around that point, the diode current and voltage follow an exponential I-V relationship.

A small time-varying signal can be added on top of the DC bias to study how the diode responds to small changes. When the signal voltage is much smaller than the thermal voltage, the diode’s behavior can be treated as linear over a short part of its curve. This is called the small-signal approximation.

With this approximation, the total diode current can be written as the sum of a constant DC part and a varying AC part. The signal current is linked to the signal voltage by the diode small-signal conductance, which is measured in mhos. This conductance is the slope of the tangent to the I-V curve at the Q point.

The inverse of conductance is the diode’s small-signal, or incremental, resistance, r d. It shows how much the diode resists small changes in current. It is found by dividing the thermal voltage by the bias current. These ideas are useful when analyzing and designing circuits that use diodes for signal amplification or attenuation.

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