I have not done much work on this topic and I am not sure if this is how I am supposed to answer this past paper question.The mark scheme is not very useful as it does not give a diagram of the answer.
The mark scheme is just thisWhat you have looks good so far, what are you confused about? Also, with the capacitor added in, this would become a half wave peak rectifier.
For a peak rectifier you would put the capictor in parallel with the loading resistor.The mark scheme is just this
Is the ripple voltage also the same as the voltage drop?
Also can you put the resistor and capacitor in series and not in parallel?
Surely it all depends on what resistor value you have for the load, as this effects the Ripple voltage.
Does that mean it should look something like this then because the peak rectified output would be 0.7 less because of the diode voltage drop.I believe that the 0.7V drop is the forward voltage drop of the diode. This results in the rectifier peak output voltage being less than the input voltage. This is separate from the ripple voltage.
You would not expect to put the resistor and capacitor in series.
I believe this is correct. Sorry I did not catch your mistake at first. Hopefully Adjuster can confirm my thoughts.Does that mean it should look something like this then because the peak rectified output would be 0.7 less because of the diode voltage drop.
Good, regarding your earlier post I am not expected to calculate the ripple voltage, so I will just leave it till I cover it in class.I believe this is correct. Sorry I did not catch your mistake at first. Hopefully Adjuster can confirm my thoughts.
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