Al- blaqa applied university

Faculty of Engineering technology

Computer engineering department

Electronic lab

} Diode Rectifier Circuits {

Prepared by

Safa thabet
Rana hashash
Ghadeer alzweire
Reham Al-khateeb
Ola Junaidi

:Supervised by

Date of the lab: wed 11-2

PURPOSE & BACKGROUND
The purpose if this experiment is to demonstrate the characteristics of three different diode rectifier circuits
& the operation of a capacitor filter connected to the output of a bridge full-wave rectifier:

1. Half-wave rectifier.
2. Center tapped full-wave rectifier.
3. Bridge full-wave rectifier.
4. Bridge full-wave rectifier with a capacitor filter.

Each type converts an AC input into a pulsed waveform having an average, or DC output. And the filter
acts on smoothing the pulsating output voltage of the rectifier.

:REQUIRED PARTS AND EQUIPMENT

- 1 – kΩ resistor, ½ W.
- Four 1N4001 silicon rectifier diode.
- 12.6-V rms secondary center-tapped transformer.
- Dual trace oscilloscope.
- VOM or DMM.
- Breadboarding socket

:PROCEDURE

1. Wire the half wave rectifier, paying careful attention to the polarity of the 1N4001 diode.

2. Set your oscilloscope to the following approximate settings :

- Channel 1 & 2 : 10 V / division, dc coupling

- Time base : 5 ms / division

Apply 117 VAC ( rms ) to the transformer’s primary leads. Connect one scope probe to
the anode terminal of the 1N4001 diode ( Point A ), and the other probe to the diode’s
cathode terminal (Point B ).

3. Measure the transformer’s peak secondary voltage ( VS ), as well as the peak voltage
( VP ) across the 1kΩ resistor, recording the results in Table ( 1 ).

4. With your VOM or DMM, measure the dc voltage ( VDC ) across the 1kΩ resistor, and
record your results in Table ( 1 ).
 5. Turn off the power to the transformer, and wire the center tapped full-wave rectifier
circuit. Again, pay careful attention to the polarity of both diodes and the connections to
the 117-V primary of the transformer. The center tapped lead is grounded for this
section.

6. Now set your oscilloscope to the following approximate settings :

- Channel 1 & 2 : 5 V / division, dc coupling

- Time base : 5 ms / division

Apply 117 VAC ( rms ) to the transformer’s primary leads. Connect one scope probe to
the anode terminal of the 1N4001 diode ( Point A ), and the other probe to the diode’s
cathode terminal (Point B ).

7. Measure the transformer’s peak secondary voltage ( VS ) with respect to the grounded
center tap, as well as the peak voltage ( VP ) across the 1kΩ resistor, recording your
results in Table ( 1 ).

8. With your VOM or DMM, measure the dc voltage ( VDC ) across the 1kΩ resistor, and
record your results in Table ( 1 ).

9. Turn off the power to the transformer, and wire the bridge full-wave rectifier circuit.
Again, pay careful attention to the polarity of all four diodes and the connections to the
117-V primary of the transformer. The center tapped lead is not used for this section.
Remove the oscilloscope probe from the anode of the diode.

10. Apply 117 VAC ( rms ) to the transformer’s primary leads. With the channel set to dc
coupling, connect only the probe to the ungrounded lead of the 1kΩ resistor ( Point A ).

11. Measure the peak voltage ( VP ) across the 1kΩ resistor, recording your results in Table
( 1 ).

12. With your VOM or DMM, measure the dc voltage ( VDC ) across the 1kΩ resistor, and
record your results in Table ( 1 ).

THE EXPIREMENT
PART ONE

Vs RMS = 12.6 Vac

Vr RMS = 6.67 Vac
V r DC = 5.3 Vdc
Vs Vr

Fig A
After connecting the circuit above, we fill in the table (2-1). The plotting of the input & output signals is on
an external graph paper as fig ( 1 ). Where the input signal is taken from point A and the output signal is
taken from point B.

From point B:

PART TWO

VS1
Vr Vs1 RMS = 5.17 Vac
Vs2 RMS = 7.59 Vac
VS2
Vr RMS = 2.7 Vac
Vr DC = 5.2 Vdc

Fig B

After connecting the circuit above, we fill in the table (2-1). The plotting of the input & output signals is on
an external graph paper as fig ( 2 ). Where the input signal is taken from point A and the output signal is
taken from point B.

From point B:

PART THREE

Vs RMS = 12.6 Vac

VS
Vr RMS = 3.8 Vac
Vr DC = 6.6 Vdc
Vr
 Fig C

From point A:

From point B:

After connecting the circuit above, we fill in the table (2-1). The plotting of the input & output signals is on
an external graph paper as fig ( 3 ). Where the input signal is same as the signal in PART ONE and the
output signal is taken from point A.

Center Tapped Bridge

Measured parameter Half-Wave Rectifier
Full-Wave Rectifier Full-Wave Rectifier
VS
20 10.5 – 7.5 17.5
peak secondary voltage
VP
9 10 - 7 16.5
peak voltage across R
VDC
2.5 5.2 6.6
DC voltage across R
TABLE (2-1)

‫او اعملها هيك‬

:DATA TABLE

- Table (1) show the parameters of the diode rectifier circuits ( VS , VP , VDC ).
- Fig.1 show the waveform for Step 2.
- Fig.2 show the waveform for Step 6.

Bridge Center-Tapped Half-Wave

Full-Wave Full-Wave Rectifier Measured
 Parameter
Rectifier Rectifier
10V 10V
10V VS

17V 9.5V
9.5V VP

5.74V 5.2V
3.3V VDC

Table (1)

Fig.1
Fig.2

:CALCULATIONS

Half wave rectifier :

VDC = VP / π

VDC = 9.5 V / π

VDC = 3.02 V

error = [ ( measured – calculated ) / calculated ] * 100% %

error = [ ( 3.3 V – 3.02 V ) / 3.02 V ] * 100% %

% error = 9.27 %

Full wave rectifier (Center Tapped) :

VDC = 2VP / π

VDC = (2*9.5 V ) / π

VDC = 6.05 V

error = [ ( measured – calculated ) / calculated ] * 100% %

error = [ (6.05 V – 5.2 V ) / 5.2 V ] * 100% %

% error = 16,35 %
 Full wave rectifier (Bridge) :

VDC = VP / π

VDC = 17 V / π

VDC = 5.41

error = ( measured – calculated ) / calculated %

error = ( 5.7 V – 5.41 V ) / 5.41 V %

% error = 5.36 %

:REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR EXPERIMENT (2)

1. For the half wave rectifier, the peak load voltage is approximately :
- 6V
- 18 V
- 12 V
- 24 V

2. For an input frequency of 60 HZ, the period of the half wave signal is approximately :
- 4 ms
- 16 ms
- 8 ms
- 32 ms
3. Compared to the dc output voltage of the half wave rectifier, the dc output voltage of the
full wave bridge rectifier is approximately:
- One- half as large.
- Twice as large.
- The same.
4. In this exp., the rectifier that has the greatest dc output voltage is the:
- Full wave - center tapped rectifier.
- Half wave rectifier.
- Full wave - Bridge rectifier.
5. In this exp., the rectifier that has the greatest dc output voltage is the:
- Full wave - center tapped rectifier.
- Half wave rectifier.
- Full wave - Bridge rectifier.
:Conclusions

Refrence: