In this video, the half-wave rectifier circuit working and different specifications /parameters like RMS value, average value, efficiency and ripple factor of the half-wave rectifier is discussed. By watching this video you will learn the following topics:1:00 Half wave rectifier circuit and its working 4:54 Average value of half wave rectifier 6:02 RMS value of half wave rectifier7:35 Peak Inverse Voltage (PIV) for half wave rectifier8:23 Ripple factor of half wave rectifier9:10 Half wave rectifier with capacitor filter12:12 The efficiency of the half wave rectifier12:57 Applications of half wave rectifierWhat is half wave rectifier:The half wave rectifier is the circuit designed using the diode which is used for converting the AC voltage signal into the DC voltage.The half wave rectifier only passes the one half of the input sine wave (either positive or negative) and rejects the other half. The output of the half wave rectifier is pulsating DC. The ripple in the output waveform can be reduced using the filter. To remove or reduce the ripple from the output waveform, the RC time constant of the filter circuit should be much larger than the time period of the half wave rectifier.Parameters of the half wave rectifier:Average Value: Vm / πRMS Value: Vm/2Ripple Factor: 1.21Efficiency: 40.6 %PIV: VmThe link for the other useful videos related to diode:1) Introduction to a diode and V-I characteristics of the diodehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdUAe...2) The diode resistance Explained:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hag5s...3) RMS and Average Value:https://youtu.be/qDHsokTcgckThis video will be helpful to all students of science and engineering in understanding the half wave rectifier.Follow me on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/allaboutelect...Follow me on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ALLABOUTELEC...Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/all_about.e...Music Credit:http://www.bensound.com/#HalfWaveRectifier