You are provided with the following:-

      

You are provided with the following:-
- One diode
-A load resistor
- An a.c. source
- One transformer
(i) Using the above apparatus draw a circuit arrangement for half wave rectification
(ii) Explain how the circuit drawn in (i) above achieves half wave rectification

  

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sharon
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(ii) During the first half cycle, the diode is forward biased so it conducts.
- Current flows through R2 building a voltage which decreases as the first half cycle comes to an end.
- During the second half cycle, the diode is traverse biased so it does not conduct.
sharon kalunda answered the question on April 5, 2019 at 14:00


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