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  2. Rectifier - Wikipedia

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    As with single-phase rectifiers, three-phase rectifiers can take the form of a half-wave circuit, a full-wave circuit using a center-tapped transformer, or a full-wave bridge circuit. Thyristors are commonly used in place of diodes to create a circuit that can regulate the output voltage. Many devices that provide direct current actually ...

  3. Valley-fill circuit - Wikipedia

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    A valley-fill circuit is a type of passive power-factor correction (PFC) circuit. For purposes of illustration, a basic full-wave diode-bridge rectifier is shown in the first stage, which converts the AC input voltage to a DC voltage.

  4. True RMS converter - Wikipedia

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    a full-wave precision rectifier circuit to create the absolute value of the input signal, which is fed into a log amplifier, doubled and fed into an exponential amplifier as a means of deriving the square-law transfer function = ⁡ | |, and then the time-average and square root are performed, similarly to above,

  5. Form factor (electronics) - Wikipedia

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    Since the RMS calculation can be difficult to achieve digitally, the absolute average is calculated instead and the result multiplied by the form factor of a sinusoid. This method will give less accurate readings for waveforms other than a sinewave, and the instruction plate on the rear of an Avometer states this explicitly.

  6. Active rectification - Wikipedia

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    Active full-wave rectification with two MOSFETs and a center tap transformer. Replacing a diode with an actively controlled switching element such as a MOSFET is the heart of active rectification. MOSFETs have a constant very low resistance when conducting, known as on-resistance (R DS(on)). They can be made with an on-resistance as low as 10 ...

  7. Pulsed DC - Wikipedia

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    Pulsed DC is commonly produced from AC (alternating current) by a half-wave rectifier or a full-wave rectifier. Full wave rectified ac is more commonly known as Rectified AC. PDC has some characteristics of both alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) waveforms. The voltage of a DC wave is roughly constant, whereas the voltage of an AC ...

  8. Voltage multiplier - Wikipedia

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    going from positive peak (+U s) to negative peak (−U s): The C 1 capacitor is charged through diode D 1 to U s V (potential difference between left and right plate of the capacitor is U s). going from negative peak to positive peak: The voltage of C 1 adds with that of the source, thus charging C 2 to 2U s through D 2 and discharging C 1 in ...

  9. Wow and flutter measurement - Wikipedia

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    The circuits used to control these frequencies do permit a very small amount of flutter (usually termed jitter), but the level is far below that which the human ear can discern. The linear sound track on VCR video recorders has much higher wow and flutter than the VHS-HiFi high fidelity track which is contained within the video signal.