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Homework Statement
A pn junction diode is connected to a Thevenin circuit consisting of a 0-to-1V, 1kHz square wave and 1kΩ resistor. Use piecewise linear modeling to estimate the diode voltage for the low (0V), and high (1V) states of the voltage source. Assume the diode to have an approximate turn-on voltage of 0.7V for small currents.
Homework Equations
rd = [itex]\frac{nV_{T}}{I_{D}}[/itex]
iD = [itex]\frac{V_{th}-V_{f}}{R_{th}+r_{d}}[/itex]
VD = Vf + iDrd
The Attempt at a Solution
I was thinking of just picking ID = 1mA, n = 1, and VT = 25mV so that:
rd = 40Ω
I don't know if I'm going about this right, or even where to go next.