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ELN 131 QUIZ 3 NAME___________________________

4/2/24

1. T/F Since diodes only conduct in one direction they serve well as rectifiers.

2. Referring to figure 1 below, draw in diodes to resolve the circuit into a center tapped,
full-wave rectifier and draw the waveform appearing across the load resistor, R L.

3. Draw the circuit of a bridge rectifier including the diodes and load resistor. Include a
graph of the input and out put waveforms.

4. T/F A half-wave rectifier uses 2 diodes.

5. A digital meter displays the ____________________ value of a pulsating dc waveform.

6. T/F Half-wave rectifiers are usually limited to low-power applications.

7. Referring to the sinusoidal wave below, fill in the missing information noted by the
underlines.

8. A transformer has five times as many turns in the primary as the secondary. If 120VAC is
across the primary, what would the secondary voltage be?

9. Rectifier losses are more apparent in _____________ voltage rectifier circuits.


10. The product _______ is called the _______________ noted by the letter “T”. A charged
capacitor will lose ___________ of its charge (voltage) in “T” seconds and will completely
discharge in approximately __________ seconds.
a. RC, time constant, 63.2%, 5T
b. CVp-p, time constant, 0.707 %, T
c. Tf, peak voltage, 90%,3
d. VC, average voltage, 6V, 3

11. The diode loss in a bridge rectifier is ______________ that of other circuits because
___________ diodes are always _____________ and are in ____________,
a. twice, two, conducting, series
b. the same as, rectifier, parallel, conduction
c. negligible as, Zener, conducting, series
d. twice, rectifier, separate, the same circuit

12. The effectiveness of a capacitive filter is determined by ______________ of the


capacitor, __________ of the load, and the ______________ between pulses.

13. The formula that relates the information in question 11 is:


a. R = T/f
b. C = R/T
c. T = R C
d. E = L di/dt x PDQ

14. What is the time constant associated with a 100-µF and a 1000-µF capacitor when they are used
to filter a 60-Hz half-wave rectifier loaded by a 100 Ω load.

15. Choose a filter capacitor for a full wave 60 Hz power supply when the load current is 5A and the
allowable ripple is 1 VP-P.

16. T/F With pulsating direct current, a dc voltmeter will read the rms value of the waveform.

17. T/F The conversion factors 0.45 and 0.90 are not used to predict the dc output voltage of
filtered power supplies.
18. T/F A transformer has 120 V alternating current across its primary and 40 V ac across its
secondary. It is a step-down transformer.

19. When a stable voltage is required, the power supply must be regulated. Identify the statements
that are true of a regulator in a power supply.
a. A Zener is used in some applications
b. The regulator is connected in parallel with the load
c. A Schottky diode is used in most applications as a regulator
d. The regulator is connected in series with the load

20. The formula for calculating the percentage of ripple is:


a. dc/ac x 100%
b. ∆V/VFL x 100%
c. Rz/VRZ X 100%
d. ac/dc x 100%

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