Half Wave Rectifier Explained - power electronics

 Half Wave Rectifier Explained - power electronics

In this video, Half-wave Rectifier circuit working and different specifications /parameters like RMS value, Average value, Efficiency, and Ripple Factor are discussed.

What is a Rectifier:

Rectifier is a device used to convert alternating current into direct current.

Types of Rectifiers:

1) Half-wave rectifier and 2) Full-wave rectifier.

What is a Half-wave rectifier:

A Half-wave rectifier is the simplest form of the rectifier, it uses only one diode for the transformation of AC input into DC output.

A half-wave rectifier only passes one half of the input sine wave (either positive or negative) and rejects the other half.

The output of the half-wave rectifier is pulsating DC. The ripple in the output waveform can be reduced using the filter.

To remove or reduce the ripple from the output waveform, the RC time constant of the filter circuit should be much larger than the time period of the half-wave rectifier.

 Half Wave Rectifier Explained - power electronics

In this video, Half-wave Rectifier circuit working and different specifications /parameters like RMS value, Average value, Efficiency, and Ripple Factor are discussed.

What is a Rectifier:

Rectifier is a device used to convert alternating current into direct current.

Types of Rectifiers:

1) Half-wave rectifier and 2) Full-wave rectifier.

What is a Half-wave rectifier:

A Half-wave rectifier is the simplest form of the rectifier, it uses only one diode for the transformation of AC input into DC output.

A half-wave rectifier only passes one half of the input sine wave (either positive or negative) and rejects the other half.

The output of the half-wave rectifier is pulsating DC. The ripple in the output waveform can be reduced using the filter.

To remove or reduce the ripple from the output waveform, the RC time constant of the filter circuit should be much larger than the time period of the half-wave rectifier.