Chapter 3:

Half-Wave Rectifiers

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Half-wave Rectifier Resistive-inductive Load
Half-wave Rectifier Resistive-inductive Load

The average power absorbed by the load is I2rmsR, since the average power absorbed
by the inductor is zero.

 The rms value of the current is determined from the current eq.

 Average current is
Half-wave Rectifier Source Resistive Load

Half wave rectifier with source

and resistive load is shown in
the following diagram
Half-wave Rectifier with RL-Source Load
 The load consists of a resistance, an inductance, and a dc voltage

The diode will remain off as long as the voltage of the ac source is less than the dc
voltage.

Letting α be the value of t that causes the

source voltage to be equal to Vdc
Half-wave Rectifier with RL-Source Load
 Total current is determined by summing the forced and natural responses:

 The current if(t) is determined using superposition for the two sources.

 The ifac forced response from the ac source (Fig. b) is (Vm/Z) sin(t - θ)
 The ifdc forced response due to the dc source (Fig. c) is -Vdc/R
 The total forced response is
Half-wave Rectifier with RL-Source Load
 The natural response is

 Adding the forced and natural responses gives the complete response.

 The extinction angle is defined as the angle at which the current reaches zero
 Using the initial condition of i(α) = 0 and solving for A,
Half-wave Rectifier with RL-Source Load

Assuming the diode and the inductor to be ideal, there is no average power absorbed
by either.
The power supplied by the ac source is equal to the sum of the power absorbed by
the resistor and the dc source

 it can also be computed from

Half-wave Rectifier with Inductor-Source Load
 Load consists of an inductor and a dc source, as shown in Fig.

 The diode remains reverse-biased until the ac source voltage reaches the dc voltage
 The value of t at which the diode starts to conduct is α, as calculated previously

 With the diode conducting, Kirchhoff’s voltage law for the circuit is

 Using i(t) instead of i(t) and rearranging gives

Half-wave Rectifier with Inductor-Source Load

 Solving for i(ωt),

Half-wave Rectifier with Freewheeling Diode

 The two diodes cannot be forward-biased at the same time.

Diode D1 will be on when the source is positive, and diode D2 will be on when the
source is negative

Since the voltage across the RL load is the same as the source voltage when the
source is positive and is zero when the source is negative, the load voltage is a half-
wave rectified sine wave.
Half-wave Rectifier with Freewheeling Diode

The Fourier series for the half-wave rectified sine wave for the voltage across the
load is
Half-wave Rectifier with Freewheeling Diode