The transfer characteristics of the circuit drawn below is observed on an oscilloscope used in XY mode. The display on the oscilloscope is shown on the right hand side. $V_i$ is connected to the X input with a setting of $0.5 \text{ V/div}$, and $V_o$ is connected to the Y input with a setting of $2 \text{ V/div}$. The beam is positioned at the origin when $V_i$ is zero. Assuming that the opamp is ideal and the zener diodes have forward biased voltage drop of $0.7 \text{ V}$, the values of reverse break-down voltages of $Z_1$ and $Z_2$ are, respectively,
To find the reverse breakdown voltages of the zener diodes \(Z_1\) and \(Z_2\), let us analyze the transfer characteristics shown on the oscilloscope and the given circuit.
The oscilloscope display shows the relationship between \(V_i\) (input voltage) and \(V_o\) (output voltage).
Important settings are given as:
The op-amp is ideal and will saturate at the zener breakdown voltages.
Thus, the reverse breakdown voltages of \(Z_1\) and \(Z_2\) in the given circuit are \(6.7\, \text{V}\\) and \(4.7\, \text{V}\\), respectively.
Therefore, the correct answer is: 6.7 V and 4.7 V.
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