BEET – 3 – A Analog Electronics (LAB) Ms.

Rabbaya Akhtar

AIR UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL (TELCOM)
ENGINEERING
LAB NO 3

Lab Title: DIODE RECTIFIERS

Name: Farhan Ullah Khattak , Attaullah Ahmad Jan Roll number: 210189 , 211997

Objective: To observe the working of Half Wave Rectifiers and behavior of a Full Wave
Rectifier.
LAB ASSESSMENT:

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Experiment
Ability to assimilate the
results
Effective use of lab
equipment and follows the
lab safety rules

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Equipment required:
 Oscilloscope
 Function Generator
 Digital Multimeter
 Diode (1N4007)
 Resistors (1kΩ)
Rectification:
A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC), and
the process is known as rectification. The main application of p-n junction diode is in rectification
circuits. Rectifiers have many uses including as components of power supplies and as detectors
of radio signals. Rectifiers may be made of solid state diodes, vacuum tube diodes, mercury arc
valves and other components. A device which performs the opposite function (converting DC to
AC) is known as an inverter.
There are two primary methods of diode rectification:

 Half-Wave Rectification
 Full-Wave Rectification

Half-Wave Rectification:
In a half-wave rectifier, one half of each a.c input cycle is rectified. In other words, either the
positive or negative half of the AC wave is passed, while the other half is blocked. When the p-n
junction diode is forward biased, it gives little resistance and when it is reversing biased it provides
high resistance. During one-half cycle, the diode is forward biased when the input voltage is
applied and in the opposite half cycle, it is reverse biased. During alternate half-cycles, the
optimum result can be obtained. In half wave rectification, because only one half of the input
waveform reaches the output, it is very inefficient if used for power transfer. Half-wave
rectification can be achieved with a single diode in a one-phase supply, or with three diodes in a
three-phase supply.
A complete half-wave rectifier circuit consists of 3 main parts:

 A transformer
 A resistive load
 A diode

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Full-Wave Rectification:
A full-wave rectifier converts the whole of the input waveform to one of constant polarity (positive
or negative) at its output. Full-wave rectification converts both polarities of the input waveform
to DC (direct current), and is more efficient. However, in a circuit with a non-center tapped
transformer, four diodes are required instead of the one needed for half-wave rectification. Four
rectifiers arranged this way are called a diode bridge or bridge rectifier.

Lab Tasks:
1. Patch the circuit on Hardware as well as on Proteus for half wave rectifier.
 Measure the input voltage at output of transformer using DMM.
 Measure the voltage at the load resistor using Oscilloscope.
 Draw the input and output waveforms.
Circuit Diagram:

Results:

Input Wave Form Output Wave Form

Output voltage of transformer = 10V
Vin (peak) = 12 V Vout (peak) = 10V
Vavg = 6.07V Frequency =49Hz

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2. Reverse the polarity of the diode in the circuit given for half wave rectifier.
 Patch the circuit on Hardware as well as on Proteus.
 Measure the voltage at the load resistor using Oscilloscope.
 Draw the input and output waveforms.

Circuit Diagram:

Results:

Input waveform Output Waveform

Output voltage of transformer = 10V
Vin (peak) = 12 V Vout (peak) = 10V
Vavg = -6.07V Frequency =50Hz
3. Patch the circuit on Hardware as well as on Proteus for full wave rectifier using 4
Diodes.
 Measure the voltage at the load resistor using Oscilloscope.
 Draw the input and output waveforms.

Circuit Diagram:

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Results:

Input Waveform Output Waveform

Output voltage of transformer = 10V
Vin (peak) = 12 V Vout (peak) = 5.5V
Vavg = 6V Frequency =99.3Hz
4. Patch the circuit on Hardware as well as on Proteus for full wave rectifier using 2
Diodes.
 Measure the voltage at the load resistor using Oscilloscope.
 Draw the input and output waveforms.

Circuit Diagram:

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Results:

Input Waveform Output Waveform

Output voltage of transformer = 10V
Vin (peak) = 24 V Vout (peak) = 14V
Vavg = 12.21V Frequency =100Hz

Snaps:

Conclusion:
In this experiment we analyze the wave form of simple circuit and the wave form when diode act
as rectifier on hardware as well as using proteus software. This shows the practical uses of diodes.
We also familiar to convert the AC into DC using diodes in different ways. Every diode rectifier
circuit has its own different output from each other and have different behavior in output wave.

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