ALTERNATING CURRENT - NCATT

Operation - Half-Wave Rectifier• Even though minority current could flow, we consider itto be negligible, and say that the output is zero• This circuit is called a half-wave rectifier because itonly allows majority current to flow for half of the inputAC waveform• This circuit produces a positive output• If a negative output is required, we can reverse thediode, allowing current to flow in the opposite direction• The next slide compares the positive output rectifier toone with a with a negative polarity output