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Rectifiers Articles: What is Surge Current? – Definition and Workings: Before switching on of power supply, the filter capacitor is uncharged . At the instant the power supply is switched…

Rectifiers Interview Questions and Answers

Rectifiers Interview Questions and Answers: 1. What is a dc power supply? Ans. The part of the equipment that converts ac into dc is called the dc power supply. 2. What…

Three Phase Rectifiers: Three-Phase Half-Wave Rectifier : Figure 9.11 illustrates a circuit for a 3-phase half-wave rectifier. The three diodes are connected to the three phases of a 3-phase transformer…

AC Voltmeter using Rectifiers

AC Voltmeter using Rectifiers: AC Voltmeter using Rectifiers - Rectifier type instruments generally use a PMMC movement along with a rectifier arrangement. Silicon diodes are preferred because of their low…

Precision Rectifiers

Precision Rectifiers: Recall from basic circuit principles that a rectifier circuits can be implemented with a diode/diodes (half wave rectifier or full wave rectifier). The major limitations of these Precision…

Semiconductor Physics Articles

Semiconductor Physics Articles: Elemental Semiconductor Materials: Group IV includes five elements viz., Carbon (C), Silicon (Si), Germanium (Ge), Tin (Sn) and lead (Pb). The elements of this subgroup show marked…

Power Semiconductor Devices Articles

Power Semiconductor Devices Articles: What is Thyristor? – Thyristor Family and its Applications: Thyristor is the general name given to a family of semiconductor devices having four layers with a…

Nature of Electric Supply

Nature of Electric Supply: The nature of electric supply available may be 3-phase ac, single-phase ac or dc. In case three-phase ac supply is available, polyphase induction motor, squirrel cage…

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