HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Angeles City

BASIC ELECTRONICS

EXPERIMENT 4

DATA AND RESULTS

PART 1 Table 4-1

Step Waveform Vpk(volts) Vrms (volts) Vdc (volts)

4(V1)

4(V2)

5(V0)

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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Angeles City

BASIC ELECTRONICS

PART 2
Table 4-2
Peak RMS DC
Step Switch Position Waveform Voltage Voltage Voltage
(Vpk) (Vms) (Vdc)
S1 S2 S3 S4

2 X X X X

3 0 0 0 0

4a 0 0 0 C

4b C C 0 0

4c C 0 0 C

4d C 0 C 0

4e 0 C 0 C

4f C C C C

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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
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BASIC ELECTRONICS

REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. A diode will pass only alternation of a sine wave.
2. A half-wave rectifier can produce positive or negative pulsating dc, depending on the that the
diode is placed in the circuit.
3. A full-wave rectifier passes both of a sine wave.
4. In terms of polarity, the output of a full-wave rectifier has both alternations of the sine wave input
voltage going in the direction.
5. What is the main advantage of full-wave rectifier over the half-wave rectifier?
6. The main advantage of the bridge rectifier over the standard full-wave rectifier is that it does not
require a transformer.
7. When one of the diodes in the bridge circuit opens, one of the will be missing at the output.
8. From the data, what conclusion can you draw about the relationship between the dc voltage across R L
and peak voltage in a full-wave rectifier?

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DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS

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