BECS 11413 L3 Rectifier Circuits
BECS 11413 L3 Rectifier Circuits
Basic Electronics
Lecture 3
Aruna Ranaweera
2022 – 08 – 10
Types of DC Power Supplies
Regulated Linear Power Supplies
Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS)
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Regulated Linear DC power supply
Converts the standard 120 -240V, 60 Hz ac voltage
available at wall outlets into a constant dc voltage
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Half-Wave Rectifiers
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Half-Wave Rectifier Operation with an
Ideal Diode
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Average-Value of Half Wave Rectifier
Output Voltage
The value measure on a dc voltmeter.
Mathematically, it is determined by finding the area under
the curve over a full cycle.
Vp
VAVG = = 0.318V p
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Effect of the Barrier Potential on the Half-
Wave Rectifier Output
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Example - 1
Draw the output voltages of each rectifier for the
indicated input voltages, as shown in following figure. The
1N4001 and 1N4003 are specific rectifier diodes.
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Peak Inverse Voltage (PIV)
peak inverse voltage (PIV) or peak reverse
voltage(PRV): the maximum value of reverse
voltage which occurs at the peak of the input cycle when
the diode is reverse-biased.
Diode must be capable of withstanding this amount of
repetitive reverse voltage.
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PIV of Half-Wave Rectifier
PIV = Vp(in)
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Transformer Coupling
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Full Wave Rectifiers
2V p
VAVG = = 0.637V p
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Center – Tapped Full-Wave Rectifier
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Operation of FW Rectifier
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Effect of Transformer Turns Ratio
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Effect of Transformer Turns Ratio
Vsec
Vout = − 0.7 Volts
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PIV of Full-Wave Rectifier
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Example - 2
(a). Draw the voltage waveforms across each half of the
secondary winding and across RL when a 100 V peak
sine wave is applied to the primary winding in Figure.
(b). Minimum PIV Rating of the diode
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Bridge Output Voltage
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PIV of Bridge Full-Wave Rectifier
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Example - 3
Determine the peak output voltage for the bridge
rectifier. The transformer is specified to have a 12 V rms
secondary voltage for the standard 120 V across the
primary.
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Power Supply Filters & Regulators
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Capacitive Input Filter
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Capacitive Input Filter
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Ripple Voltage (Half-Wave Rectifier)
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Filtering with Capacitor Value
Sketch the output wave form for Half-wave rectifier with
capacitive filter with very large value of capacitor to very
small value of capacitor
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Ripple Voltage
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Ripple Factor
vr ( rms )
r=
Vdc
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vr ( pp ) = v p ( rect )
fRL C
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Vdc = 1 − v p ( rect )
2 fRL C
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Ripple Factor
Obtain an expression for Ripple Factor of a
(i). Half Wave Rectifier
(ii). Full Wave Rectifier
clearly mentioning the assumptions made.
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rHWR =
2 3CRL f
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rFWR =
4 3CRL f
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Example - 4
Determine the ripple factor for the filtered bridge
rectifier with a load as indicated in the figure below
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Surge Current in the Capacitor-Input Filter
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Voltage Regulators
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Next Class
Pulse and Wave Shaping Circuits with Diodes
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