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BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

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Batangas City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE & FINE ARTS

Electronics Engineering Department

MENDOZA, CARLIN JOSH

BS ECE-2101

Programming of Electronics Tests and Designs

FINAL ACTIVITY – Simulink simulation of half-wave and full-wave rectifiers. (Diode

Applications)

November 2022
1. What is a rectifier?
- A rectifier is one or more diodes that are used for the conversion of alternating
current into direct current.

2. Cite application of diodes.

- Diodes can be used in a variety of applications, such as radar circuits, gain control
circuits, parametric amplifiers, television systems, computer systems, power supply
systems, and communication systems as limiters, clippers, and gates as well as logic
gates and clampers. The numerous applications of diodes are briefly described in the
paragraph that follows.

3. Looking at the datasheet, find the Maximum forward current and reverse
breakdown voltage of 1N4001 and 1N4003 Diode. Make snapshot of the datasheet
parameter to prove.

4.
5. Answer the 2 considering the Diode drop (0.7V).

6. What is the PIV of a diode in a rectifier circuit?

- The highest voltage that a diode or other device can sustain in the reverse-biased
direction before breaking down is referred to as the peak inverse voltage (PIV) or
peak reverse voltage (PRV). The PIV of the diode in the half-wave rectifier is equal
to the maximum value of the supply voltage.

7. What is the importance of peak inverse voltage?

- The voltage that can be delivered to a device in the opposite direction of the usual
current flow is known as peak inverse voltage. Normally significant in a transistor or
diode. In essence, it refers to the maximum reverse voltage that a gadget can
withstand before malfunctioning. Once it starts, it frequently spirals out of control
until the gadget is open or shorted.

8. Why are diodes not operated in the breakdown region in rectifiers?

- A diode in a breakdown region is at risk of being harmed or burned because the
amount of current flowing through it grows uncontrollably. That explains why
rectifiers do not operate diodes in the failure zone.

9. Why are half-wave rectifiers generally not used in DC power supply?

- Due to their significant drawbacks, half-wave rectifiers are most frequently utilized in
low-power applications. The output is pulsed DC, resulting in significant ripple, the
output amplitude is smaller than the input amplitude, and there is no output during the
negative half cycle, wasting half of the power.

10. Draw the circuit of a full-wave rectifier.

11. What are the circuits used to create a full-wave rectifier?
- A step-down transformer, two connected, center-tapped diodes, and a full wave
rectifier make up the circuit. The output voltage is measured across the load resistor
that is attached.

12. What is the importance of a series current limiting resistor?

- A current limiting resistor controls and lowers the circuit's current. The resistor value
to be added to a light-emitting diode (LED) to limit the current flowing through it
may be calculated using this equation. The estimate also accounts for the power
consumption of the LED. An electrolyte's limiting current is a crucial transport
characteristic because it sets a limit on how quickly a cell may be charged or
discharged.

13. Simulate a half-wave rectifier and a full-wave rectifier using Simulink. You can use
references such as materials found on the internet. (cite everything)
Half-wave Rectifier
Full-wave Rectifier
CONCLUSION/TAKEAWAYS:

By removing the negative half cycle from an AC input and letting just the positive half cycle to
pass, a half wave rectifier creates a DC flow. We must first learn the theory in order to properly
understand how a half wave rectifier functions. A PN junction diode only conducts electricity in
one way, as we should recall from the theory part. In other words, a PN junction diode only
conducts current when it is forward biased. The same process is used by a half wave rectifier to
convert AC into DC. Alternating current will be used as our input. The input voltage is scaled
down using a transformer. The reduced voltage is applied to the load resistance RL and diode.
The input wave's positive and negative halves will cause the diode "D" to be forward biased and
reverse biased, respectively. The load resistor RL receives the output and processes it. The
output shown in the diagram is the result of the diode only passing current for one-half of the
input wave's cycle. The output is positive and significant during the positive half cycles of the
input wave. The output is zero or very little during the input wave's negative half cycles. We may
begin to comprehend the full-wave rectifier if we first comprehend the half-wave rectifier. Using
both half cycles of alternating current (AC) as input, a full wave rectifier transforms the AC to
direct current (DC). In this circuit, there are two diodes—one for each half of the wave. A
common center tapped connection divides the secondary winding of a multiple winding
transformer equally into two halves. The arrangement causes each diode to conduct in turn,
generating an output during both half-cycles, when the anode terminal of each diode is positive
with respect to the transformer center point C. This rectifier provides more versatility than a half-
wave rectifier. In this circuit, a single load resistance (RL) is connected to two power diodes,
each of which alternately supplies current to the load resistor. When point A of the transformer is
positive in relation to point A, diode D1 conducts forward as shown by the arrows. When point B
is positive in the negative half of the cycle relative to point C and the current flowing through
resistor R is uniform for both halves of the wave, the diode D2 conducts in the forward direction.

RECOMMENDATIONS:
For those who will be tackling this activity, I only recommend that you study and acknowledge
what half-wave and full-wave rectifiers. There are a lot of materials in the internet that I myself
used that will prove to be essential to those who will tackle this activity in the future. Don’t
forget to familiarize yourself with Simulink as doing the task without prior knowledge will
probably lead to a few complications.
REFERENCES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-pYqYZ3-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mrePJq2L1o

https://www.electronicshub.org/applications-of-diodes/#:~:text=The%20application
%20areas%20of%20diodes,circuits%2C%20parameter%20amplifiers%2C%20etc.

https://datasheetspdf.com/pdf/578650/FairchildSemiconductor/1N4003/1

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.0391914jes

https://byjus.com/physics/full-wave-rectifier/#:~:text=The%20circuit%20of%20the
%20full%20wave%20rectifier%20consists%20of%20a,across%20the%20connected
%20load%20resistor.