Electronics Simulations #7| Illustration of half wave & full wave rectifier circuits in Caneda

What Will I Learn?

In this tutorial, reader:

• will learn basics of half wave rectifiers
• will learn basics of half wave rectifiers
• will learn implementations of those circuits in Caneda

Requirements

To complete the tutorial, readers would have:

• basic knowledge about circuit design
• basic knowledge about rectifiers
• Caneda software

Difficulty

• Basic

Tutorial Contents

In this tutorial, I am going to show the basic concepts of the Caneda circuit simulator and construction half wave & full wave rectifier circuits by the help of Caneda software. Firstly, I will construct the circuits than will observe both.

- Episode 1: Construction of Half wave Rectifiers

In this part, I am going to construct Half wave rectifier. Basic concept of the circuit is given below:

A rectifier is a circuit which converts the Alternating Current (AC) input power into a Direct Current (DC) output power. The input power supply may be either a single-phase or a multi-phase supply with the simplest of all the rectifier circuits being that of the Half Wave Rectifier.

The power diode in a half wave rectifier circuit passes just one half of each complete sine wave of the AC supply in order to convert it into a DC supply.

Source of the circuit

To construct the circuit , we need a diode and resistances and also an AC source. I have explained the construction of the circuits in previous part of the tutorial. I have placed one diode from "Diode" under "Semiconductor" , two 500 ohm resistances from "Resistor" under "Passive", one "Voltage Source Sinusoidal" under "Sources" and lastly three "Port Symbol" under "Miscellaneous" corresponds IN,intermediate and OUT ports respectively. Final construction of the circuit is shown below:

Note that I have used "Transient Simulation" under "Simulations" in order to make constant frequency AC simulation.

- Episode 2: Construction of Full wave Rectifiers

In this part, I am going to construct full wave rectifier. Basic concept of the circuit is given below:

Like the half wave circuit, a full wave rectifier circuit produces an output voltage or current which is purely DC or has some specified DC component. Full wave rectifiers have some fundamental advantages over their half wave rectifier counterparts. The average (DC) output voltage is higher than for half wave, the output of the full wave rectifier has much less ripple than that of the half wave rectifier producing a smoother output waveform.

In a Full Wave Rectifier circuit two diodes are now used, one for each half of the cycle. A multiple winding transformer is used whose secondary winding is split equally into two halves with a common centre tapped connection, (C). This configuration results in each diode conducting in turn when its anode terminal is positive with respect to the transformer centre point C producing an output during both half-cycles, twice that for the half wave rectifier so it is 100% efficient as shown below.

Source of the circuit

To construct the circuit , we need four diodes and resistances and also an AC source. I have explained the construction of the circuits in previous part of the tutorial. I have placed four diodes from "Diode" under "Semiconductor" , three 500 ohm resistances from "Resistor" under "Passive", one "Voltage Source Sinusoidal" under "Sources" and lastly three "Port Symbol" under "Miscellaneous" corresponds IN,intermediate and OUT ports respectively. Final construction of the circuit is shown below:

Note that I have used "Transient Simulation" under "Simulations" in order to make constant frequency AC simulation.

- Episode 3: Observations of the circuits

a. Half-Wave Rectifier

When we simulate half-wave rectifier circuit the result is given below:

The result is expected result. The graph clearly shows that our circuit works as a half-wave rectifier. When we have sinusoidal input, the output is half-wave version of it.

b. Full-Wave Rectifier

When we simulate full-wave rectifier circuit the result is given below:

The result is expected one. The graph clearly shows that our circuit works as a full-wave rectifier. When we have sinusoidal input, the output is atteunated replica of it.

I have provided the files for this tutorial here

By completing this tutorial,reader will get more familiar with the software.
This software is really user-friendly & effective for the one who wants to make simulation. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me on Discord (Escorn#4114)

Sources

Source for the half-wave rectifier

Source for the full-wave rectifier

Curriculum

I have provided the previous tutorials that I have prepared for the community:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5

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