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Diode - Basic Applications
1. Diode – Basic
Applications
Yong Heui Cho @ Mokwon University
Some of slides are referred to:
[1] A. S. Sedra & K. C. Smith, Microelectronic Circuits.
3. 3
Half-wave Rectifier
• Rectifier converts an AC into a DC by allowing a
current to flow through it in one direction only.
vO = 0, vS < VD0
R
R + rD
vS - VD0
R
R + rD
vO
=
vS ≥ VD0
≈ vS – VD0 , for rD ≪ R