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HALF WAVE
RECTIFIER
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CERTIFICATE
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Internal
External
Examiner
Examiner
Principal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teachers Ms. Divya,
Ms. Sandhya, Ms.Sivakami as well as our principal Rev. Fr. Mathew Arekulam
who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project, which also
helped me in doing a lot of Research.
Secondly I would also like to thank my parents and friends who helped me a lot in
finishing this project within the limited time.
Lastly, I thank almighty, my parents, brother, sisters and friends for their constant
encouragement without which this project would not be possible.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
AIM
APPARATUS
MECHANISM
PROCEDURE
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
OBSERVATION
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CALCULATION
RESULT
PRECAUTIONS
SOURCES OF ERROR
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
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may serve in roles other than to generate direct current for use as a source of
power.
AIM
To construct a half wave rectifier using a diode and to calculate its ripple factor
with and without filtering.
APPARATUS
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MECHANISM
During the positive half cycle of the input voltage the polarity of the voltage across
the secondary forward biases the diode. As a result a current IL flows through the
load resistor, RL. The forward biased diode offers a very low resistance and hence
the voltage drop across it is very small. Thus the voltage appearing across the load
is practically the same as the input voltage at every instant.
During the negative half cycle of the input voltage the polarity of the secondary
voltage gets reversed. As a result, the diode is reverse biased. Practically no current
flows through the circuit and almost no voltage is developed across the resistor. All
input voltage appears across the diode itself.
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Hence we conclude that when the input voltage is going through its positive half
cycle, output voltage is almost the same as the input voltage and during the
negative half cycle no voltage is available across the load. This explains the
unidirectional pulsating dc waveform obtained as output. The process of removing
one half the input signal to establish a dc level is aptly called half wave
rectification.
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PROCEDURE
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r = Vac/ Vdc
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OBSERVATIONS
15.1
Vac
3V
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Vac
9.8V
9V
CALCULATIONS
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RESULT
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PRECAUTIONS
While doing the experiment do not exceed the ratings of the diode. This may
lead to damage of the diode.
Connect the circuit components properly as shown in the circuit diagram.
Do not switch ON the power supply unless you have checked the circuit
components a s per the cicuit diagram.
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SOURCES OF ERROR
The temperature coefficient of the components will change the longer the
circuit is energized.
Temperature and humidity can affect the functioning of circuit.
Human error while taking the readings should be taken into consideration.
Error can occur in the resolution of equipments used.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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