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Physics Vyom
FULL RECTIFIER
AC Supply
02
voltage
27003 00 Time
Putting a single diode in the circuit ollminates the negative going
voltages, but is inefficient because of that and the output voltage
is not a steady value as a function of time.
120VAC
60Hz VPOUT
10
Time(ms)
Using four diodes connected as shown produces only
positive going voltage (more efficient) but the voltage is
not steady. It has very large ripple.
ovJ-------Y--.------.-V--------.-Y--------L
To see how the four diode (full wave rectifier ) works , look first
at the voltage polarity across the load resister. When the top of
the transformer secondary is positive, the two diodes shown are
forward biased and the current is downward through the load
resister. When the top of the transformer is negative with
respect to the bottom , these diodes are reverse- biased and
pass no current.
Putting a single diode in the circuit eliminates the
negativegoing voltages, but is inefficient because of that, and
the output voltage is not a steady value as a function of time.
120V
Figure 0.2 Half-wave-rectifier power supply
The output can be filtered by adding a
capacitor across the load resistor , reducing
ripple significantly. The time constant RC needs
to be large compared with the period of the AC
part of the output waveform. What is the
frequency of that AC part? And what is the
period?
DC
out
To get a really steady voltage out we can add an
integrated circuit regular to the circuit.
220/230v AC to 12V DC, 5V DC Converter Circuit
Using Bridge Rectifier
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