The difference between diode rectifier circuit and other ordinary diode circuits

The process of converting alternating current into pulsating direct current is called rectification. The rectifier diode circuit generally includes diode half wave rectifier circuit and full wave rectifier circuit.

The diode half wave rectification circuit has a relatively simple structure, and can observe the input and output voltage waveforms in the circuit using a dual trace oscilloscope X SC1. Channel A observes the input voltage waveform, while channel B observes the output voltage waveform. The rectifier diode converts the sinusoidal AC voltage of the AC power supply into a half wave pulsating unidirectional voltage and transmits it to the load resistor.

The average voltage after half wave rectification is less than half of the effective value of the input AC voltage, indicating that half wave rectification wastes the negative half cycle of the input voltage and has low transmission efficiency. Therefore, rectifier diode bridge circuits are commonly used for full wave rectification of alternating current or voltage.

The above is the difference between diode rectifier circuits and other ordinary diode circuits.