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Discussion Forum : Electronic Devices and Circuits - Section 4 (Q.No. 20)
20.
The voltage across the secondary of the transformer in a half wave rectifier with a shunt capacitor filter is 50 volts. The maximum voltage that will occur on the reverse biased diode will be
100 V
88 V
50 V
25 V
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Aswathy said:   4 years ago
Yes, you are right @Arunvijay.
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Zulu Chungtia said:   6 years ago
Yes, you are right @Arunvijay.

Arunvijay said:   7 years ago
Due to capacitor filter in output side. Then we get a maximum voltage of 2Vm.

Pkn said:   8 years ago
Answer should be 50.

Sankar said:   8 years ago
Yes, it is 50.

Mukund said:   8 years ago
No @Hari Charan.

The peak inverse voltage of half wave rectifier = Vm. So, the answer should be 50V.
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Hari charan said:   9 years ago
PIV of the diode in HWR is 2 X VM.

2 X 50 = 100.

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