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Half Wave Rectifier

This document discusses half-wave rectification using a diode. It explains that a half-wave rectifier will generate an output waveform with an average value useful for AC to DC conversion. During the first half of the input cycle the diode is forward biased and conducts, while during the second half it is reverse biased and blocks current. The use of a silicon diode with a 0.7V threshold voltage is also mentioned. Finally, it states that the peak inverse voltage rating of the diode must be equal to or greater than the peak of the applied voltage waveform to avoid operating in the diode's avalanche region.

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Half Wave Rectifier

This document discusses half-wave rectification using a diode. It explains that a half-wave rectifier will generate an output waveform with an average value useful for AC to DC conversion. During the first half of the input cycle the diode is forward biased and conducts, while during the second half it is reverse biased and blocks current. The use of a silicon diode with a 0.7V threshold voltage is also mentioned. Finally, it states that the peak inverse voltage rating of the diode must be equal to or greater than the peak of the applied voltage waveform to avoid operating in the diode's avalanche region.

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SINUSOIDAL INPUTS; HALF-WAVE

RECTIFICATION
The diode analysis will now be expanded to include time-varying functions such as
the sinusoidal waveform and the square wave.

Over one full cycle, defined by the period T of Fig. 2.43, the average value (the
algebraic sum of the areas above and below the axis) is zero. The circuit of Fig. 2.43,
called a half-wave rectifier, will generate a waveform vo that will have an average
value of particular, use in the ac-to-dc conversion process.
During the interval t =0 T/2

For the period T/2 T

The effect of using a silicon diode with VT =0.7 V

PIV (PRV)

The peak inverse voltage (PIV) [or PRV (peak reverse voltage)] rating of the diode is of primary importance in
the design of rectification systems. Recall that it is the voltage rating that must not be exceeded in the reversebias region or the diode will enter the Zener avalanche region. The required PIV rating for the half-wave
rectifier can be determined from Fig. 2.51, which displays the reverse-biased diode of Fig. 2.43 with maximum
applied voltage. Applying Kirchhoffs voltage law, it is fairly obvious that the PIV rating of the diode must
equal or exceed the peak value of the applied voltage. Therefore,

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