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Precision Half Wave Rectifiers

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PRECISION HALF WAVE

RECTIFIERS
NON SATURATING PRECISION HALF-RECTIFIERS

In a non-saturating precision half-wave rectifier,


the design ensures that the op-amp never reaches its
saturation limits.

This is achieved by proper feedback and component


selection, allowing the circuit to respond quickly to
changes in the input signal without the delay associated
with the op-amp recovering from saturation
NON SATURATING PRECISION HALF-RECTIFIERS

•When the input voltage (vi) is positive, the op-amp output goes negative.
This reverse biases diode D2, preventing current from flowing through it. Without diode D1, the op-amp
would saturate in the negative direction. However, the negative voltage forward biases D1, pulling the op-
amp's inverting input slightly negative, which stabilizes the output just below ground level (around -0.7V).

V0 = -Vi * R2 / R1

• During the negative half-cycle of the input, the op-amp output goes positive, forward biasing D2. This
passes the inverted negative input to the output, producing a positive output signal. If the diodes' polarity
is reversed, the positive half-cycle would be passed to the output while the negative half-cycle is clipped.

V0 = Vi * R2 / R1
SATURATING PRECISION HALF WAVE RECTIFIERS

A saturating precision half-wave rectifier uses an op-


amp in a configuration where the op-amp can reach its
saturation limits during operation.
SATURATING PRECISION HALF WAVE RECTIFIERS

+VE HALFCYCLE
 When the input signal is positive, the diode is forward-biased, and the output voltage follows the input voltage.
The negative feedback ensures that the voltage at the inverting input terminal follows the non-inverting terminal.
This causes the output to match the input voltage very closely (within microvolts), without the influence of the
diode's forward voltage drop.
Vs>0.7V
-VE HALFCYCLE
 During the negative half-cycle of the input, the op-amp output becomes negative, reverse-biasing the diode and
interrupting the feedback path. This keeps the inverting input terminal at ground level due to the grounded load
resistor (RL). Consequently, the op-amp output is driven to its negative saturation limit, and the negative half-
cycle of the input is clipped off, not passing to the output.
Vo=0
DIFFERENCE B/W SATURATING AND NON SATURATING PRECISION HALF
WAVE RECTIFIERS
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