Question 552Electricity/Electronics - Assistant Engineer70% to pass
A full-wave rectifier has one diode burned out in an open condition, what will be the output characteristic of the device?
AI Explanation
You are correct, the answer is A) Half-wave rectified.
In a full-wave rectifier, if one of the diodes is burned out in an open condition, the circuit will effectively become a half-wave rectifier. This is because with one diode open, the circuit can only pass current during one half-cycle of the AC input, resulting in a half-wave rectified output.
The other options are incorrect because: B) Zero output would occur if both diodes were open, C) the output would not be equal to the AC input since the circuit is no longer a full-wave rectifier, and D) the output would not be full-wave rectified with one diode burned out.
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