http://wiki.hamtools.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Vk6zgo 2026-05-07T03:54:38Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.38.1 http://wiki.hamtools.org/index.php?title=Talk:Rectifier_Circuits&diff=2515 2009-04-04T10:26:34Z

<p>Vk6zgo: </p> <hr /> <div>The cct shown as a &quot;Kratz&quot; rectifier is what is normally termed a bridge rectifier. A Google for Kratz failed to turn up anything like a bridge rectifier,so I edited the Wiki reference to say &quot;bridge rectifier&quot;--vk6zgo</div>

Vk6zgo http://wiki.hamtools.org/index.php?title=Talk:Rectifier_Circuits&diff=2514 2009-04-04T10:24:15Z

<p>Vk6zgo: New page: The cct shown as a &quot;Kratz&quot; rectifier is what is normally termed a bridge rectifier. A Google for Kratz failed to turn up anything like a bridge rectifier,so I edited the Wiki referewnce to...</p> <hr /> <div>The cct shown as a &quot;Kratz&quot; rectifier is what is normally termed a bridge rectifier. A Google for Kratz failed to turn up anything like a bridge rectifier,so I edited the Wiki referewnce to say &quot;bridge rectifier&quot;--vk6zgo</div>

Vk6zgo http://wiki.hamtools.org/index.php?title=Rectifier_Circuits&diff=2513 2009-04-04T10:20:10Z

<p>Vk6zgo: </p> <hr /> <div>related wiki pages : [[Electronic Theory]], [[capacitors]]. [[Inductors]], [[Voltage]], [[Current]], [[Oscillator Design]], [[Power Supply Design]]. [[Filters]]<br /> <br /> ==What is a Rectifier==<br /> <br /> A rectifier converts Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC). This is usually achieved by using a [[Diodes | diode]], which allows current to flow only in one direction.<br /> <br /> ==Half-wave Rectifier==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Halfwave.rectifier.png |700px]]<br /> <br /> copied from Wikipedia under the licensing agreement of the author.<br /> <br /> The circuit above illustrates the effect of a single diode in an AC line. The effect is that half of the AC sine curve is &quot;chopped off&quot;. This is a very inefficient way of rectifying AC, but may be used to reduce power to a resistive load R.<br /> <br /> ==Full-wave Rectifier==<br /> <br /> ===Two diode - centre tapped transformer===<br /> <br /> [[Image:Fullwave.rectifier_2.png | 700px]]<br /> <br /> ===Four diode or bridge rectifier===<br /> <br /> [[Image:Fullwave.rectifier_1.png | 700px]]</div>

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