The document discusses applications of p-n junction diodes in clipper and clamper circuits, detailing their function and configurations. Clipper circuits can be series or parallel, functioning to clip portions of input signals, while clamper circuits shift signals to different DC levels. Each configuration has distinct characteristics, including positive and negative variants, with the inclusion of capacitors and resistors.

1. Introduction
• These circuits are applications of P-N Junction diodes
• Clipper Circuits are used to clip off a portion of wave
from an input signal
• It is used in two ways – series and parallel.
• Clamper Circuits clamp a signal to different dc level.
• Along with diodes, capacitors and resistors are also
used.

3. Series Clipper Circuit
• First introduced as a half-wave rectifier for sinusoidal
waveforms.
• However, there are no boundaries on the type of
signals that can be applied to a clipper.
• In Series Positive Clipper, the diode is connected in
series with the output in Forward Biasing.
• In Series Negative Clipper, the diode is connected in
series with the output in Reverse Biasing.
• In Series Bias Clipper, a battery is connected with
resistance

7. Parallel Clipper Circuit
• Also known as Shunt Clipper
• Output is in parallel with the diode & resistance (
which are, in turn, in series)
• Like series, there is also positive and negative shunt
clipper.
• Like series, we have biased parallel clipper circuit
wherein, battery is connected with diode