1. The document describes an experiment on observing and analyzing a half-wave rectifier circuit.
2. A half-wave rectifier uses a single diode to convert the positive half of the AC waveform to DC, while blocking the negative half.
3. The objectives, components, circuit diagram, equations, applications and advantages/disadvantages of a half-wave rectifier are provided.
1. The document describes an experiment on observing and analyzing a half-wave rectifier circuit.
2. A half-wave rectifier uses a single diode to convert the positive half of the AC waveform to DC, while blocking the negative half.
3. The objectives, components, circuit diagram, equations, applications and advantages/disadvantages of a half-wave rectifier are provided.
1. The document describes an experiment on observing and analyzing a half-wave rectifier circuit.
2. A half-wave rectifier uses a single diode to convert the positive half of the AC waveform to DC, while blocking the negative half.
3. The objectives, components, circuit diagram, equations, applications and advantages/disadvantages of a half-wave rectifier are provided.
1. The document describes an experiment on observing and analyzing a half-wave rectifier circuit.
2. A half-wave rectifier uses a single diode to convert the positive half of the AC waveform to DC, while blocking the negative half.
3. The objectives, components, circuit diagram, equations, applications and advantages/disadvantages of a half-wave rectifier are provided.
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Course code: EEE 2292
Experiment NO: 06 Experiment Name: Observation and Analysis of half wave rectifier. Experiment No: 06
Experiment Name: Observation and Analysis of half wave
rectifier.
Objectives: 1.To observe and analysis about half wave recifier
Introduction: A rectifier is a device that converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC). It is done by using a diode or a group of diodes. Half wave rectifiers use one diode, while a full wave rectifier uses multiple diodes. A half wave rectifier is defined as a type of rectifier that only allows one half-cycle of an AC voltage waveform to pass, blocking the other half-cycle. Half-wave rectifiers are used to convert AC voltage to DC voltage, and only require a single diode to construct. a complete half-wave rectifier circuit consists of 3 main parts: 1.A transformer 2.A resistive load 3.A diode
Components required: 1.Function generator, 2. Regulated Power supply 3. Oscilloscope 4.connecting wires, resistor, diode. A half wave rectifier circuit diagram:
Equation For half wave rectifier:
1.The formula for ripple factor is:
The ripple factor of half wave rectifier is equal to 1.21. For construct a good rectifier, we want to keep the ripple factor as low as possible. 2. Efficiency of Half Wave Rectifier: Rectifier efficiency (η) is the ratio between the output DC power and the input AC power.
The max efficiency of a half wave rectifier is equal to
40.6%.
3.Avarage Valume of half wave rectifier:
The average (dc) value of half wave rectifier:
4.RMS value of half wave rectifier:
5. Form fector :
6.peak factor : Applications of Half Wave Rectifier: Half wave rectifiers are not as commonly used as full- wave rectifiers. Despite this, they still have some uses: 1. For rectification applications 2 .For signal demodulation applications 3. For signal peak application
Advantages and disadvantage of Half Wave Rectifier:
the main advantages of half-wave rectifiers are: 1. Simple (lower number of components) 2. Cheaper up front cost
The disadvantages of half-wave rectifiers are:
1. They only allow a half-cycle through per sine wave, and the other half-cycle is wasted. This leads to power loss. 2. They produces a low output voltage.
