Title : 
Teaching low voltage electronics: The case of the rectifier circuit
         
        
            Author : 
Cardoso, Adilson Jair ; Schneider, Márcio Cherem ; Galup-Montoro, Carlos
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Fed. Univ. of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper highlights some deficiencies of the classical model of the basic rectifier circuit and presents an alternative analytical model for very low voltage operation. The goal is to introduce the model in a course and lab on Electronics Fundamentals.
         
        
            Keywords : 
rectifiers; teaching; electronics fundamentals; low voltage electronics teaching; rectifier circuit; very low voltage operation; Analytical models; Integrated circuit modeling; Load modeling; Low voltage; Mathematical model; Rectifiers; Steady-state;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Diego, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-0548-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-0550-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MSE.2011.5937084