Name: Jules Lyndon Oraye

Date: 10/12/2020
Subject Code and Section:ELX 201 BS ECE 2
Instructor: Engr. Borman B. Bobis

Half-wave Rectifier
I. Materials
QTY. Description
1 Variable DC power supply,
1 1N4001 Rectifier Diode,
1 Ammeter
1 Voltmeter
1 Two channel oscilloscope
1 Breadboard with connecting wires
1 Electronic Trainer or Electronic
Simulation Software(Multisim or
Electronic Circuit Studio or any
electronic simulation software)

II. Objectives
1. To measure the Vrms voltage input and Vdc average of the
half-wave rectifier.
2. To determine the Vpeak of the AC voltage and Vdc voltage
of the rectifier circuit using an oscilloscope.
3. To determine the equivalence of Vrms and Vpeak
4. To compute for the Vdc output.
5. To determine the effect of a filter capacitor to a half-wave
rectifier.
III. Procedures
1. Connect the circuit by following the schematic diagram
below using actual components or an electronic simulation
software.

2. Determine the voltages of the meter and the oscilloscope

by simulating the circuit.
Voltages Value
U1 AC voltmeter (Vrms) 11.987 V
U2 DC voltmeter (Vdc average) 5.022 V
XSC1 CH A (Vpeak) 16.968 V
XSC1 CH B (Vpeak) 16.163 V
3. Convert the 12 Vrms to Vpeak. Does it almost equals the
measured Vpeak of XCS1 CH A? Compute for the Vdc of the
half-wave rectifier from the Vpeak of the AC voltage. Does it
almost equals the measured value of U2 DC voltmeter?
Computations:
1. Vpeak= Vrms (1.414) = 12(1.411) = ​16.968 V
● It is exact to the measured Vpeak of XCS1 CH A

2. Vdc= Vpk (0.318) =16.165(0.318)= ​5.14 V

● Yes, it almost equals the measured value of U2 DC
voltmeter

4. Close switch S1 and observe what happens to the pulsating

DC waveform
Observation:

F​ ig.1​ H
​ alf wave rectified signal(Without capacitor)
 ​Fig. 2​ ​Half wave rectified signal(With capacitor)
Based on my observation, When we add a capacitor
which is parallel across the load in a rectifier circuit the
pulsating dc (fig. 1) turns into ripple voltage(fig. 2). The
capacitor smoothens the Dc output voltage.

5. Using the​ oscilloscope​ measure the Vripple and the Period

(T).

V​Ripple ​peak V​ripple ​ peak T ripple

max min
16.122 13.881 16.6ms
Comparisons:
The compute output voltage and the reading of voltmeter is almost the
same as the input voltage because the diode only allows the positive half
cycle of the AC sine wave and negative cycle has no load.
Computation :Vdc= Vpk (0.318) =16.165(0.318)= ​5.14 V
Voltmeter : ​5.022 V
But if we add a capacitor and compute the VDC output voltage the
computed Vdc= 16.122 - (2.242/2) = ​15.001 ​it's almost the same as the
voltmeter reading and here the ripple gets reduced and hence the
average voltage increased.

IV. Questions.
1. Differentiate a rectifier and rectification.
For me, a Rectifier is a device,the transmitter power its
function is to transform the AC voltage to DC voltage.

​ rocess in which AC is converted to

while Rectification is Its​ p
pulsating DC. Pulsating DC because it allows current to flow in
one direction but not in the opposite direction.

2. How does the filter capacitor C1 smoothen the DC output

voltage?
Capacitor is an electronic component that has the
ability to store electrical charges or voltage. Capacitor filtered
AC and block DC. So to smooth out the DC pulse, the capacitor
is charged as the ripple peaks and then discharges into the
load as the DC ripple tends to zero and this Capacitor wants a
single line in voltage or smooth output waveform.
 3. What is the Ripple frequency?
The Ripple Frequency is 60Hz

V. Conclusions
​ In this lab. activity. I learned that a Rectifier is a device,the transmitter
power its function is to transform the AC voltage to DC voltage. One of
the examples of Rectifier is the Half-wave rectifier; it requires only one
diode and can be used with or without a transformer. The half wave
rectifier uses the ability of a diode to conduct current while forward
biased,and to prevent current while reverse biased. In other words, the
diode will allow current to flow only during the positive half of the AC sine
wave.

The output voltage is almost the same as the input voltage and during a
negative half cycle it has no voltage across the load. The result waveform
operates in a single direction or pulsating dc obtained as output.
When we add a capacitor which is parallel across the load in a rectifier
circuit it smoothens the output voltage and pulsating DC turns to ripple
voltage and it almost helps to not waste the other half cycle.
Half wave rectifiers the biggest disadvantage here is that the
negative part of the AC voltage isn’t converted to DC because it only
allows the positive only. In a way that half the potential of the power
supply is being thrown but we can use a capacitor to smooth out the
pulsating output voltage of the rectifier.
VI. Results/Evidences (Screen shots/Pictures/Selfie doing the
simulation):