Technical FAQs 4

What is a diode rectifier?

A simple diode rectifier is a halfwave type, and usually has significant forward voltage and temperature dependence, and will have different output current into different loads (in particular, a capacitor load will cause higher forward-voltage losses and holds the AC peak voltage).

What is a full wave rectifier using diodes for resistive load?

To make it easy to understand all the formulas of full wave rectifiers, we consider a full wave rectifier using diodes for resistive load. The input and output waveforms of full wave rectifier are shown in the given figure. This output waveform is valid for both center tap and bridge rectifiers using diodes for resistive load.

Can a rectifier diode output voltage be a DC voltage?

I agree with @jsotola comment but more precise: the output voltage can be a DC voltage assuming there's a smoothing capacitor and you do not load the DC output. Then assuming the rectifier diodes have zero voltage drop (that will never be the case) then the DC output voltage will be 2–√ 2 the AC input voltage. Phase/neutral is irrelevant.

Does a full wave rectifier have diode losses?

Yes. Ignoring diode losses. If you measure the output voltage of a rectifier as the Root Mean Square (RMS) voltage you are getting a reading which reflects the amount of power that the source can deliver as compared to the equivalent DC voltage. The RMS output of a full wave rectifier is the same as the RMS the original waveform.

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