HALF WAVE

R ECTIFIER
 A PRESENTATION BY

Simranjit Singh Shubham

Rana
Shalini Shweta
Panchal Vivek Sagar
Himanshu
Payal Suresh
 WHAT

?
A
HALF WAVE
RECTIFIER
IS
.A r e c t i fi e r i s a n e l e c t r i c a l d e v i c e
that converts the alternating current
( AC ) , w h i c h p e r i o d i c a l l y r e v e r s e s
direction, into the direct current
( D C ) , w h i c h fl o w s o n l y i n o n e
direction. This process is known as
Re c t i fi c a t i o n .

. P h y s i c a l l y, r e c t i fi e r s t a ke a
number of forms, including vacuum
tube diodes, mercury-arc valves,
copper and selenium oxide
r e c t i fi e r s , s e m i c o n d u c t o r d i o d e s ,
s i l i c o n - c o n t r o l l e d r e c t i fi e r s a n d
other silicon-based semiconductor
switches.
.In half wave rectification of a single-phase
supply, either the positive or negative half of the AC
wave is passed, while the other half is blocked.

.B ecause only one half of the input waveform

reaches the output, mean voltage is lower.

.H alf-wave rectification requires a single diode in

a single-phase supply, or three in a three-phase
supply. Rectifiers yield a unidirectional but pulsating
direct current.

.H alf-wave rectifiers produce far more ripple than

full-wave rectifiers, and much more filtering is
needed to eliminate harmonics of the AC frequency
Circuit diagram
 Working of a half wave
r e c t i fi e r
T h e h a l f - w a v e r e c t i fi e r c i r c u i t u s i n g a s e m i c o n d u c t o r
diode (D) with a load resistance RL. The diode is
connected in series with the secondary of the
transformer and the load resistance RL.The primary of
the transformer is being connected to the ac supply
mains.
The ac voltage across the secondary winding changes
polarities after every half cycle of input wave. During
the positive half-cycles of the input ac voltagei.e.
When upper end of the secondary winding is positive
w . r. t I t s l o w e r e n d , t h e d i o d e i s f o r w a r d b i a s e d a n d
therefore conducts current. If the forward resistance
of the diode is assumed to be zero (in practice,
h o w e v e r, a s m a l l r e s i s t a n c e e x i s t s ) t h e i n p u t v o l t a g e
during the positive half-cycles is directly applied to
the load resistance RL, making its upper end positive
w . r. t . I t s l o w e r e n d . T h e w a v e f o r m s o f t h e o u t p u t
current and output voltage are of the same shape as
that of the input ac voltage.
During the negative half cycles of the input ac
voltagei.e.When the lower end of the secondary
w i n d i n g i s p o s i t i v e w . r. t . I t s u p p e r e n d , t h e d i o d e i s
reverse biased and so does not conduct. Thus during
the negative half cycles of the input ac voltage, the
current through and voltage across the load remains
zero. The reverse current, being very small in
Components required to make half wave
rectifier :

.TRANSFORMER
.DIODE
.IC (7912)
.LED
.CAPACITOR
.RESISTOR
transformer resist
or

capacitor
IC (7912) diode

LED
T H A N K Y O U