HALF WAVE RECTIFIER:

 This rectifier circuit consists of resistive load, rectifying element, i.e. p-n junctin diode,
and the source of a.c. voltage, all connected in series.
 The circuit diagram is shown in fig.
 To obtain the desired d.c. voltage across the load, the a.c. voltage is applied to rectifier
circuit using suitable step up or step down transformer, mostly a step down one, with
necessary turns ratio.
 The input voltage to the half-wave rectifier circuit shown in the fig. is a sinusoidal a.c.
voltage, having a frequency which is the supply frequency, 50Hz given by, e s=Esmsinωt.
With ω=2πf and f=supply frequency.
OPERATION OF THE CIRCUIT:
During the positive half cylcle of input a.c voltage, terminal (A) becomes positive with
respect to terminal (B). The diode is forward biased and the current flows in the circuit in the
clockwise direction, as shown in the fig. This current is also flowing through the load resistance
RL hence denoted as iL (load current.)
During negative half cycle when terminal (A) is negative with respect to terminal (B),
diode becomes reverse biased. Hence no current flows in the circuit as shown in fig. Thus the
circuit current, which is also the load current, is in the form of half sincusoidal pulses. The load
voltage, being the product of load current and load resistance, will also be in the form of half
sinusoidal pulses. The different waveforms are illustrated in fig.