Alright, so I THINK I know what they do, but I am not quite sure.
As far as I'm concerned, a half-wave rectifier only creates an output voltage half of the time, which basically makes the ouput voltage look like a sinusoidal waveform, with the negative end cut off.
Similarly, the full-wave rectifier converts the positive and negative ends of the AC waveform into output voltages, which basically would make the output voltage look like a sinusoidal wave with the negative half flipped upward with respect to the x-axis making it look like a series of identical bumps.
Is this correct? If not can someone further explain to me how they work?
2007-02-28
04:54:24
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