Lecture 04
Lecture 04
Course Teacher
Dr. Monir Morshed
Professor
Email:monir.morshed@northsouth.edu
Semiconductor Diode
Applications
Rectifier
One of the most important applications of diodes is in the design of
rectifier circuits.
Rectifiers convert ac power to dc power.
Rectifiers form the basis for electronic power suppliers and battery
charging circuits.
Fig.: Complete power supply with transformer, rectifier, filter, and regulator
Step-1: Decrease RMS magnitude of AC wave via
power transformer
step -2: convert full-wave AC signal to full-wave
rectified signal (still time-varying and periodic)
step -3: employ low-pass filter to reduce wave
amplitude by > 90%
step -4: employ voltage regulator to eliminate
ripple
step -5: supply dc load
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Oxford University Publishing Microelectronic Circuits by Adel S. Sedra and Kenneth C. Smith
(0195323033)
Bridge rectifier
Hal-wave rectifier circuit with AC input Rectifier Output for ideal diode
The average voltage,
[since, ]
Vdc 0.318Vm VK
Half-Wave Rectification
Example: Circuit as below
• Sketch the output vo and determine dc level of the output voltage for
ideal diode
• What is the practical diode
• The Vm is increase to 200V
Solution:
Ideal diode circuit:
Vdc 0.318Vm
0.31820V
6.36V
(a)
(b)
Ideal diode
Practical diode
Vdc 0.636Vm 2V K
The effect of using a real diode
Diode Rating
Vdc 0.636Vm V K
Applications:
‒ Laboratory dc power supplies
‒ High current power supplies
‒ Battery charger
‒ DC power supplies for various electronic circuits
Summary of Rectifier Circuits
Rectifier Ideal VDC Realistic VDC
Center-Tapped Transformer
VDC = 0.636Vm VDC = 0.636Vm – 0.7 V
Rectifier
D1 D2
3.18V Vdc
Resulting output
PIV Vm 5V
Practical Applications
Rectifier Circuits
• Conversions of AC to DC for DC operated circuits
• Battery Charging Circuits
Simple Diode Circuits
• Protective Circuits against
• Overcurrent
• Polarity Reversal
• Currents caused by an inductive kick in a relay
circuit
Zener Circuits
• Overvoltage Protection
• Setting Reference Voltages
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