Exp 1
Exp 1
Exp 1
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Experiment No. 1
Object: To observe the output voltage waveform for half wave rectifier with & without filter
Apparatus (Materials):
Theory
A diode is made from a small piece of semiconductor material usually silicon in which half is
doped as a p region and half is doped as a n region with PN junction depletion region in between
them. The p region is called the anode and is conductive terminal. Then region is called cathode
is connected to a second conductive terminal.
P region P region N region
N region
Anode Cathode
Depletion region
A diode is a two terminal nonlinear device that performs differently under forward reverse bias.
Forward Bias Forward bias expresses connection between power supply (positive) terminal
with p region Anode and (negative) terminal with n region Cathode in this bias the diode work
normally it passes the current one direction. So, we use diode in rectifier. The barrier potential in
diode made from silicon it is 0.7V in forward bias.
When a forward diode voltage is applied across a diode, there is current. This current is called
the forward current and is designated if with 0 across the diode, there is no forward current. As
you gradually increase the forward bias voltage, the forward current &the voltage across the
diode gradually increase.
When the forward bias voltage is increased to a value where the voltage across the diode reaches
approximately 0.7V (barrier potential) , the forward current begins to increase rapidly to increase
the forward bias voltage, the current continues to increase very rapidly.
When a reverse bias voltage across a diode, there is only on extremely small reverse current IR
through the PN junction with 0V across the diode, there is no reverse current. As you gradually
increase the reverse bias voltage, there is a very small reverse current & the voltage across the
diode increases. When the applied bias voltage is increased to a value where the reverse voltage
across the diode VR reaches the breakdown value VBR, the reverse current begins to increase
rapidly.
Generally, all the a.c input line voltage is stepped down to a lower a.c voltage with transformer.
A transformer changes a.c voltage based on the turns ratio between the primary and secondary
coil. The rectifier can be either a half wave rectifier or full wave rectifier. The rectifier converts
the a.c input voltage to a pulsating d.c voltage, called a half wave rectified voltage. The filter
eliminates the fluctuations in the rectified voltage and produces a relatively smooth d.c voltage.
The regulator is a circuit that maintains constant d.c voltage for variations in the input line
voltage or in the load.
A diode is connected to a.c source and to a load resistor RL, forming a half wave rectifier to pass
only positive part from waveforms a.c power and reject negative part in this point get output d.c
voltage with ripple , so we connect capacitor has polarity(+-) to get the output voltage pure d.c.
Procedures
1) Connections all electronic circuits diode forward bias, Capacitor, and Resistor on bread
board.
2) The power supply A.C connects to input half wave circuit.
3) Take result output voltage without & with capacitor on connect with oscilloscope on load
resistor.
4) Draw all waveforms input voltage and output voltage without &with capacitor.
5) Determine voltage and the time for output voltage.
Result
Precaution
1) All electronic components should be checked before use the apparatus..
2) All connections should be checked.
3) Always connect GROUND first & then Vcc.
4) After completing the experiment switch off the supply to apparatus.
Pre-Experimental Questions
1) Discussion practical result obtains half wave?
2) Compare between theoretical and practical result?
3) What is advantages and disadvantages?
4) What is rectifier function?
5) What is ripple factor?