Half Wave Rectifier. Half wave rectifier circuit. The half rectifier consist a step down transformer a diode connected to the transformer and a load resistance connected to the cathode end of the diode.
The remaining half cycle of ac is suppressed by rectifier circuit or the output dc current for remaining half cycle is zero. The half rectifier consist a step down transformer a diode connected to the transformer and a load resistance connected to the cathode end of the diode. For example if the positive half cycle is allowed then the negative half cycle is blocked.
The remaining half cycle of ac is suppressed by rectifier circuit or the output dc current for remaining half cycle is zero.
Half wave rectifiers use one diode while a full wave rectifier uses multiple diodes. Half wave rectifier theory rectification is an application of the pn junction diode. For example if the positive half cycle is allowed then the negative half cycle is blocked. Thus it utilizes only the one half cycle of the input signal.
