EXPERIMENT 04

Demonstrate the behavior of silicon diode in Full wave rectifier with

and without filter Capacitor (Bridge rectifier)

Procedure (Without filter capacitor):

1) First fix the module KL-23002 in the KL-200 linear circuit lab. Then locate the Block
marked 23001.Block c.
2) Insert the short circuit clip by referring to the circuit diagram (a).
3) Apply ac source 18 V.
4) Measure Vac by using ACV scale of multi meter and oscilloscope respectively. Then
record in table.
5) Measure the output terminal (OUT) by using DCV scale of multi meter and oscilloscope
respectively, wherein the DC scale of oscilloscope will be used to test vdc and that of AC
to test the ripples. Then record in table 3.1-b

Circuit Diagram:
Graph without using capacitor:

(a)

Procedure (with filter capacitor):

1) Insert the short circuit clip by refering to fig (b).
2) Apply AC source 18 V
 3) Measure Vac by using ACV scale of multi meter and oscilloscope respectively. Then
record in table.
4) Adjust VR4 to minimum then measure the output terminal (OUT) by using DCV scale of
multi meter and oscilloscope. Wherein the DC scale of oscilloscope will be used to test vdc
and the AC scale of oscilloscope will be used to test ripple then record in table.
5) Adjust VR4 to maximum and repeat step 4.
6) Insert the short circuit clip by refering to fig (c) and change c7 to c5 and Rl to 1k.
7) Measure the output terminal (OUT) by using DCV scale of multi meter and oscilloscope.
Wherein the DC scale of oscilloscope will be used to test vdc and the AC scale of
oscilloscope will be used to test ripple then record in table.

Circuit Diagram:
Graph with using capacitor:

(b)
Graph with using 100uF capacitor and VR4:
 (c)

Experiment Results:

Vrms/Vp-p DMM OSCILLOSCOPE

AC DC OUT
Circuit Vdc Vr
Without C 6.2 12 6.5 7.4
C7 : 100µF 5 19.6 9.8 9.8
VR4 : MIN
C7 : 100µF 5 19.6 9.8 9.8
VR4 : MAX
C5 : 10µF 4.3 15 8.1 8.5
R7 : 1K
Conclusion:

From the above discussion we conclude that the diode bridge rectifier circuit is
used to convert the Ac voltage to Dc voltage. Capacitor is used in rectified circuit
to smooth the rectified Dc so it can be used in power electronics circuits. The
graph when we use capacitor shows that capacitor charges during the cycle and
this charge is used in the circuit and graph show that capacitor smooth the Dc
voltage.