Power Electronic Handbook P4
Uncontrolled Single-Phase Rectifiers
Sam Guccione
Single-Phase Half-Wave Rectifiers
Operation A single-phase half-wave rectifier consists of a single diode connected as shown in Fig. 4.1. This is the simplest of the rectifier circuits. It produces an output waveform that is half of the incoming AC voltage waveform. The positive pulse output waveform shown in Fig. 4.1 occurs because of the forward-bias condition of the diode. A diode