Experiment No:

Half Wave and Full Wave Rectifier with Filter

Aim: To observe the waveforms of a Half wave and Full wave rectifier with filters.

Components:

Name Quantity
Diodes 1N4007(Si) 4
Resistor K 1
Capacitor µF 2

Equipment:

Name Range Quantity

CRO (0-20)MHz 1
CRO probes 2
Digital Ammeter, Voltmeter [0-200µA/200mA], [0-20V] 1
Rectifiers and Filters Kit
Connecting Wires

Specifications:

Silicon Diode 1N4007:

Max Forward Current = 1A

Max Reverse Current = 5.0µA

Max Forward Voltage = 0.8V

Max Reverse Voltage = 1000V

Max Power Dissipation = 30mW

Temperature = -65 to 200° C

Theory:

A rectifier is a circuit that converts a pure AC signal into a pulsating DC signal or a

signal that is a combination of AC and DC components. In DC supplies, a rectifier is often
followed by a filter circuit which converts the pulsating DC signal into pure DC signal by removing
the AC component. The different combination of L filter and C filters are connected at output
terminals to improve the voltage and current waveforms.

Circuit Diagram:

Half Wave Rectifier (with C filter):

Fig. 1: Half wave rectifier with C Filter

Full Wave Rectifier (with C filter):

Fig. 2: Full wave rectifier with C filter

Procedure:

PART-I: Half wave rectifier with C filter

1. Connect the circuit as shown in the fig.1.

2. Connect the multimeter across the load.
3. Measure the AC and DC voltages by setting multimeter to ac and dc mode respectively.
4. Now calculate the ripple factor using the following formula.
VAC
Ripple factor (  ) =
V
DC

5. Connect the CRO channel-1 across input and channel-2 across output i.e load and
Observe the input and output Waveforms.

PART-II: Full wave rectifier with C filter

1. Connect the circuit as shown in the fig.2.

2. Repeat the above steps 2-6
3. Plot different graphs for wave forms and calculate ripple factor

Observations:
Half wave rectifier with C- filter

Load VAC VDC Ripple Factor Input Signal Output Signal

Resistance (V) (V) (γ)
Vm (V) Frequency Vm (V) Frequency
(RL)
(Hz) (Hz)

Full wave rectifier with C- filter

Load VAC VDC Ripple Factor Input Signal Output Signal

Resistance (V) (V) (γ)
Vm (V) Frequency Vm (V) Frequency
(RL)
(Hz) (Hz)
Waveforms:

Draw the waveforms of input and output voltage in the graph.

Conclusion: