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Sheet 2 Problems

Problem 1
a) Draw the output voltage waveform for each circuit in Figure 1 and include the
voltage values.
b) What is the peak inverse voltage across each diode?
c) What is the peak forward current through each diode?

Figure 1

Problem 2
Determine the peak and average power delivered to in Figure 2

Figure 2

Problem 3
Find the average value of each voltage in Figure 3

Figure 3
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Problem 4
Consider the circuit in Figure 4.
a) What type of circuit is this?
b) What is the total peak secondary voltage
c) Find the peak voltage across each half of the secondary.
d) Sketch the voltage waveform across .
e) What is the peak current through each diode?
f) What is the PIV for each diode?

Figure 4

Problem 5
Show how to connect the diodes in a center-tapped rectifier in order to produce a
negative-going full-wave voltage across the load resistor.
Problem 6
What PIV rating is required for the diodes in a bridge rectifier that produces an average
output voltage of 50 V?
Problem 7
The rms output voltage of a bridge rectifier is 20 V. What is the peak inverse voltage
across the diodes?
Problem 8
Draw the output voltage waveform for the bridge rectifier in Figure 5. Notice that all the
diodes are reversed from circuits shown earlier in the chapter.

Figure 5

Chapter 2 Diodes and applications


Problem 9
A certain rectifier filter produces a dc output voltage of 75 V with a peak-to-peak ripple
voltage of 0.5 V. Calculate the ripple factor.
Problem 10
A certain full-wave rectifier has a peak output voltage of 30 V. A 50µF capacitor-input
filter is connected to the rectifier. Calculate the peak-to-peak ripple and the dc output
voltage developed across a 600Ω load resistance (the input frequency is 50Hz).
Problem 11
What value of filter capacitor is required to produce a 1% ripple factor for a full-wave
rectifier having a load resistance of 1.5kΩ? Assume the rectifier produces a peak output
of 18 V. (input frequency is 50Hz)
Problem 12
A full-wave rectifier produces an 80 V peak rectified voltage from a 60 Hz ac source. If a
10µF filter capacitor is used, determine the ripple factor for a load resistance of 10kΩ.
Problem 13
a) Determine the peak-to-peak ripple and dc output voltages in Figure 6. The
transformer has a 36 V rms secondary voltage rating, and the line voltage has a
frequency of 60 Hz
b) Find the maximum surge current and the fuse current rating.
c) Draw the following voltage waveforms in relationship to the input waveforms: ,
, and .

Figure 6

Problem 12
If the no-load output voltage of a regulator is 15.5 V and the full-load output is 14.9 V,
what is the percent load regulation?
Problem 13
Assume a regulator has a percent load regulation of 0.5%. What is the output voltage at
full load if the unloaded output is 12.0 V?

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