Halfwave rectifier withcapacitivefilter

Breadboard

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Source

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Oscilloscope

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 Let us consider a halfwave rectifier with a capacitive load, used to produce a
steadier output
t1 <t<t2
D Whenvi >VON,thediodeisONandthecurrent
flowstowardRandC.Cischargingwithalow
v o vi VON
v(t) RL C vo(t)
i

t2 <t<t3
ThediodeturnsOFFandthecapacitance
dischargewithlaw t

vo Vm VON e RC
VM
vo

t1 t2 t3

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 Assuming anhightimeconstant RC>>T(period),then theexponential behaviour can
beapproximated withthetangent
VP

vp
t

t2 t3

Inthetimeinterval t2t3,we canwrite

t*
t*
vB t V

*
P e RC
VP 1
RC
Assuming t2t3 T,we canwrite
T VP T
V V p VP 1
RC RC

Fromwhich
V T
RIPPLE
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 iD
A B
t1 <t<t2 Diode ON
dvB t vB t
D iD t iC t iR t C
R C dt R
iR iC

t2 <t<t3 Diode OFF

vA
iD vB

t1 t2 t3

Themaximumcurrent occurs at thecircuit startup,when thecapacitor Cis discharged.

dvB t d
I D , MAX C C V p sin t 2 f C V p
dt t 0
dt t 0

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 vA VP
iD vB
V

Dimensioning ofRCtocontroltheRipple
VP T T
V RIPPLE
RC RC

Dimensioning ofCtoreducethemaximumcurrent inthediode

I D , MAX 2 f C V p

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Setup
MountthecircuitandapplyavoltagesignalVpp=10V andf=1kHz

A D1N4001 B Datasheet

Diode Conducting voltage V=0.65V

1N4001
R C Max current Imax=30A

Work
DeterminethevaluesforRandCinordertoassureinB aRipple<10%of
maxximumoutputvoltage

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