Center Tapped Full Wave Rectifier Operation
July 7, 2016
A center-tapped rectifier is a type of full-wave rectifier that uses two diodes connected to the secondary of a center-tapped transformer,...
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Full Wave Rectifier
July 7, 2016
A full-wave rectifier allows unidirectional (one-way) current through the load during the entire 360° of the input cycle, whereas a half-wave...
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Half Wave Rectifier Principle
July 7, 2016
Half-Wave Rectifier Operation The below Figure illustrates the process called half-wave rectification. A diode is connected to an ac source and...
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Basic DC Power Supply Circuit
July 6, 2016
All active electronic devices require a source of constant dc that can be supplied by a battery or a dc power...
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Difference between ideal diode & conventional diode
July 6, 2016
An ideal diode is a diode that acts like a perfect conductor when voltage is applied forward biased and like...
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Ideal Diode Characteristics
July 6, 2016
The ideal model of a diode is the least accurate approximation and can be represented by a simple switch. When the...
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VI Characteristic of a Diode
July 6, 2016
As we know, forward bias produces current through a diode and reverse bias essentially prevents current, except for a negligible...
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Forward Bias & Reverse Bias of a Diode
July 6, 2016
A diode is made from a small piece of semiconductor material, usually silicon, in which half is doped as a p region...
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Energy Diagrams of PN Junction & Depletion Region
July 6, 2016
The valence and conduction bands in an n-type material are at slightly lower energy levels than the valence and conduction bands...
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How a PN Junction Formed in a Diode
July 6, 2016
When you take a block of silicon and dope part of it with a trivalent impurity and the other part with...
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