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Current through the Zener diode in a voltage regulator circuit

This type of question, asked 4 times: 2021 Paper 11, 2021 Paper 26, 30 Jan 2024, 2 Apr 2025. All 4 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 11

    12
    A zener diode is used in a circuit as shown. Find the current 'I' passing through the zener diode.

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  2. Question 2

    2021 Paper 26

    26
    The zener diode has a Vz=30 VV_{z}= 30\text{ }V. The current passing through the diode for the following circuit is ____\_\_\_\_ mA.
  3. Question 3

    30 Jan 2024

    14
    A Zener diode of breakdown voltage 10 V10\text{ }V is used as a voltage regulator as shown in the figure. The current through the Zener diode is

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  4. Question 4

    2 Apr 2025

    11
    A Zener diode with 5 V Zener voltage is used to regulate an unregulated dc voltage input of 25 V . For a 400Ω400\Omega resistor connected in series, the zener current is found to be 4 times load current. The load current (IL)\left( I_{L} \right) and load resistance (RL)\left( R_{L} \right) are :

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