modified 12 years ago

Rectifing AC circuit

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Why do I have such Amp peaks on my diodes?

published 12 years ago

Mamish

12 years ago

They're not high at all. They're peaking at 118mA owing to the diode voltage drop (without which they'd peak at 120/1K = 120mA).

rbrtkurtz

12 years ago

That's how rectification works. You don't get smooth DC power straight out of the rectifier. It depends on the application, but a capacitor will get some odd the ripple out. Usually though, the next step is some sort of voltage regulator, be it switching, or linear, or whatever.

ShortCircuit

12 years ago

If u look at mine, you can see the effect of capacitors on dc out. Full wave rectifier with voltage stabliser

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